Matt Levine, Columnist

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July 13, 2017 at 1:32 PM UTC

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; and an editor of Dealbreaker.

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Yesterday Jay Clayton gave his first big public speech as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which he laid out his goal to serve "the long-term interests of the Main Street investor":