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Gary Weiss
BornUnited States
Occupation(s)Investigative journalist, columnist, author, writer

Gary Weiss is an American investigative journalist, columnist and author of two books that critically examine the ethics and morality of Wall Street. He was also a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. His Business Week articles exposed organized crime on Wall Street and the Salomon Brothers bond trading scandal in the 1990s, and more recently he has covered the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath.

Early life and education

Weiss grew up in New York City and attended public schools, including the Bronx High School of Science. He received degrees from the City College of New York and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Career

Weiss wrote for Barron's magazine, before joining Business Week magazine in 1986.

In 2006, Weiss became a founding member of Project Klebnikov, a global media alliance organized by investigative journalist Richard Behar investigating the July 2004 murder of Paul Klebnikov, editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, and continuing the investigative work that he started.

From November 2006 through March 2008 Weiss was "Muckraker" columnist for Forbes.com .

Weiss has been a contributor to The New York Times op-ed page and to Salon. In 2007 he criticized Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne and his campaign against naked short selling in numerous articles.   From October 2008 until 2010 Weiss was an editor for Condé Nast Portfolio . After the closing of Portfolio, Weiss continued to write for the surviving Portfolio website, writing a weekly column, "The Weiss File," through December 2010.  

Books

Born to Steal (2003) focuses on Mafia-linked stockbroker Louis Pasciuto and Wall Street firms infiltrated by organized crime in the 1990s.

Wall Street Versus America (2006) is an "attack, using humor and ridicule" on the morality of Wall Street, its regulators and the financial press. The book is critical of hedge funds, mutual funds, the Wall Street securities arbitration process, the New York Stock Exchange, and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen Arthur Levitt and William H. Donaldson. The book is also critical of campaigns against naked short selling, and takes a dim view of much financial journalism. Weiss singled out Bear Stearns in his criticism, and his comments on anti-naked-shorting activists provoked threats.

Ayn Rand Nation (2012) is an analysis of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism and its influence on the political and economic environment in the United States. George Monbiot, writing in The Guardian, argues that Weiss shows in the book that Rand 'has become to the new right what Karl Marx once was to the left: a demigod at the head of a chiliastic cult.'

Bibliography

  • Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street. Warner Books. 2004. ISBN 0-446-61398-3.
  • Wall Street Versus America: The Rampant Greed and Dishonesty That Imperil Your Investments. Portfolio Hardcover. 2006. ISBN 1-59184-094-5.
  • Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul. St. Martin's Press. 2012. ISBN 0-312-59073-3.

References

  1. ^ The Author Weiss, The Weiss Files
  2. Project Klebnikov (2006). "www.ProjectKlebnikov.org". Stern & Co. Retrieved 2006-10-30. Project Klebnikov is a global alliance specifically devoted to developing new information on the Klebnikov murder and to furthering some of the investigative work Paul began.
  3. Gary Weiss Joins Forbes.com As Columnist press release, Forbes, Inc., Nov. 2, 2006
  4. "Gary Weiss". Forbes.
  5. Gaffen, David. Blog Roll — Overstock Edition, The Wall Street Journal Online, February 14, 2007.
  6. Mitchell, Dan, "Flames Flare Over Naked Shorts", The New York Times, January 20, 2007.
  7. Antilla, Susan. "Overstock Blames With Creepy Strategy", Bloomberg, February 21, 2007.
  8. Faille, Christopher. "The Gray Lady Fans the Flames, Hedge World , January 22, 2007.
  9. Gary Weiss. "The Weiss File". - Portfolio.com. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  10. Whelan, David (August 21, 2006). "Weiss Vs. Wall Street". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2006-11-02. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. Publisher's Weekly, Reed Business Information
  12. Arango, Tim (2006-01-22). "Playing Musical Chairs - Moguls Eyeing Moves for Different Powerhouses". The New York Post. N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc. p. 30. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  13. Corporate Crime Reporter (2006). "Wall Street Versus America". Corporate Crime Reporter. Retrieved 2006-10-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. Antilla, Susan (2006). "Wall Street, Don't Let Customers Read This Book: Susan Antilla". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2006-10-30. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  15. Non-fiction review, Publisher's Weekly, 16 January 2012
  16. Monbiot, George (2012-03-06). "How Ayn Rand became the new right's version of Marx". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-10-20.

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