Sam Natapoff

The Iraq war has quietly but fundamentally changed the course of the European Union. If in recent years Britain, France, and Germany — the EU’s three most important states — had created a delicate and unprecedented harmony over Europe’s future, Britain’s decision to join the war destroyed it. This dissension is playing out all over […]

The white whale of American finance has returned. In January 2004, JP Morgan Chase & Co. acquired BankOne for $58 billion. This merger is the latest reflection of a two-decade reversal in public policy, which invites enormous conflicts of interest within banks. It was this deregulation that led to scandals of insider trading and investor […]