Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

Why No One Went to Jail in the Financial Crisis

A Pulitzer-winning journalist digs into the reasons the Justice Department didn't prosecute wrongdoing.

July 26, 2017 at 3:40 PM UTC

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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