Why Wall Street Matters

A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisible-albeit flawed-engines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us

Maybe you think the banks should be broken up and the bankers should be held accountable for the financial crisis in 2008. Maybe you hate the greed of Wall Street but know that it's important to the proper functioning of the world economy. Maybe you don't really understand Wall Street, and phrases such as “credit def...