Media
Professor Partnoy has appeared in more than a hundred television, film, and radio interviews, and has written dozens of op-eds and essays. Links to a few recent appearances, as well as some of his other writings, are below.
Recent Selected Media
- The Diane Rehm Show on NPR: Diane interviews me about WAIT, July 10, 2012
- Adrian Woolridge, management editor and Schumpeter columnist at The Economist, interviews me about “The Art of Waiting,” July 5, 2012
- A panel discussion with me, a javelin champion, a journalist-turned-doctor, and the UK’s top composer, BBC Radio 4 Midweek program, July 4, 2012
- My talk at the RSA (London’s 250-year-old “Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce”), July 3, 2012
- The brilliant actor Sam West and I discuss procrastination on BBC Night Waves, July 3, 2012
- Andy Borowitz and I discuss apologies, child development, Anthony Weiner, FIGHT CLUB, and Wall Street, June 26, 2012
- CBS This Morning Interview with Gayle King, Erica Hill, and Charlie Rose, June 26, 2012
- Writer and literary critic Edward Champion interviews me for The Bat Segundo Show, the literary podcast, June 26, 2012
- Partnoy on TheStreet, June 25, 2012 Interview with Gregg Greenberg
- Business News Network interviews about delay and financial markets, June 25, 2012: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- Money, Power, and Wall Street, PBS Frontline, April 24, 2012 and May 1, 2012
- Talk on Financial Reform at the Ford Foundation/Levy Institute’s Minsky Conference, April 12, 2012 (click on Thursday, then my name)
- INSIDE JOB, 2010
- Professor Partnoy’s study guide to INSIDE JOB, written for Sony Pictures Classics, is available for free for interested students and teachers here
- Prosecuting Wall Street, 60 Minutes, Dec. 4, 2011 Part 1
- Prosecuting Wall Street, 60 Minutes, Dec. 4, 2011 Part 2
- Why No Wall Street Prosecutions
- Frank Partnoy on Off-Balance Sheet Transactions, Make Markets Be Markets, Roosevelt Institute, Mar. 6, 2010
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, May 11, 2009
- The Diane Rehm Show on NPR: “The Match King,” May 4, 2009
- Fresh Air on NPR: “Derivative Dangers” – Interview with Terry Gross, Mar. 25, 2009
- The NewsHour on PBS: “Markets Plunge after Government Adds Billions to AIG Rescue,” Mar. 2, 2009
- 60 Minutes on CBS: “Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction,” Oct. 26, 2008
Recent Op-Eds/Essays by Frank Partnoy
- Act Fast, but Not Necessarily First, HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, July 13, 2012
- Why Procrastination is Good for You: Q&A, SMITHSONIAN, July 13, 2012
- Beyond the Blink, NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 2012
- Waiting Game, FINANCIAL TIMES, June 22, 2012
- Rebuild the Pillars of 1930s Wall Street, FINANCIAL TIMES, May 13, 2012
- Goldman’s “Muppets” Need Treating Like True Clients, FINANCIAL TIMES, Mar. 15, 2012
- Did Fannie Cause the Disaster?, THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, Oct. 27, 2011 (with Jeff Madrick)
- Should Some Bankers Be Prosecuted?, THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, Nov. 10, 2011 (with Jeff Madrick)
- Waiting Game: Taking the Long View, FINANCIAL TIMES, Sep. 30, 2011
- On Rogues, Risk-Taking, and Restoring Trust in Banks, FINANCIAL TIMES, Sep. 22, 2011
- The Coming World of Smaller Banks, FINANCIAL TIMES, Aug. 10, 2011
- The Real Insider Tip from the Galleon Verdict, FINANCIAL TIMES, May 11, 2011
- Grubby Lessons from a Life of Serial Fraud, FINANCIAL TIMES, Apr. 8, 2011
- Washington’s Financial Disaster, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 29, 2011
- Sunlight Shows Cracks in Crisis Rescue Story, FINANCIAL TIMES, Dec. 3, 2010
- High Financier, FINANCIAL TIMES, Jul. 3, 2010
- Downgrade the Rating Agencies, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jun. 6, 2010 (with Kathleen Casey)
- Goldman Is Wrong Target for Official Censure, FINANCIAL TIMES, May 11, 2010
- Do CDOs Have Social Value?, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Opinion, Apr. 27, 2010
- The Dodd Wall Street Charade, THE DAILY BEAST, Apr. 24, 2010
- Wall Street Beware: The Lawyers Are Coming, FINANCIAL TIMES, Apr. 18, 2010
- Show Us the Email, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 19, 2009 (with William Black and Eliot Spitzer)
- Financial Reform: Lessons from 1929, BUSINESSWEEK, Oct. 1, 2009
- Top 5 Books on Financial Schemes, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, May 23, 2009
- Danger in Wall Street’s Shadows, THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 2009
- Geithner’s Stress Test Sham, THE DAILY BEAST, May 7, 2009
- Hedge Fund Managers Are the Heroes of this Crisis, THE DAILY BEAST, Mar. 25, 2009
- Rated F for Failure (with Jerome S. Fons), THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mar. 16, 2009
- Prepare to Bury the Fatally Wounded Banks, FINANCIAL TIMES, Jan. 18, 2009
- Citigroup Bail-out Is Smart but Not Risk-Free, FINANCIAL TIMES, Nov. 28, 2008
- Buy the Loans, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sep. 26, 2008
- Hubris – Is Thy Name Richard Fuld?, FINANCIAL TIMES, Sep. 14, 2008
- Today’s Credit Woe Generates Strong Echoes of the 1990s, FINANCIAL TIMES, Aug. 11, 2008
- Do Away with Rating-Based Rules, FINANCIAL TIMES, Jul. 9, 2008
- The Gamble of Short-Term Pain for Long-Term Gain, FINANCIAL TIMES, Feb. 4, 2008
- Kerviel Is Just Part of a Rogues’ Gallery, FINANCIAL TIMES, Jan. 28, 2008
- Markets Abhor the Vacuum Left by Derivatives, FINANCIAL TIMES, Aug. 10, 2007
- A Gamekeeper Turns to the Poachers, FINANCIAL TIMES, Jun. 6, 2007
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