E106: FDR, Joe Kennedy, & Birth of the SEC: Crypto Risks & Election Insights w/ Diana B. Henrique

Veteran financial journalist and bestselling author Diana B. Henriques joins to discuss the historical parallels between the unregulated crypto markets of today and the chaotic Wall Street of the 1920s, drawing from her latest book Taming the Street, which chronicles FDR’s creation of the SEC, the FDIC, and other transformative reforms that reshaped American capitalism.

Guest Info: Diana B. Henriques – Award-winning investigative journalist, former New York Times financial reporter, and bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies (on Bernie Madoff) and Taming the Street (2023), which explores how FDR’s New Deal brought accountability to U.S. financial markets.

Topics Covered:

• Parallels between crypto and pre-SEC Wall Street
• The 1920s income inequality and consumer debt buildup
• FDR’s creation of the SEC, FDIC, Glass-Steagall, and Public Utility Holding Company Act
• Joseph P. Kennedy as the first SEC chair
• Dangers of deregulation and recent Supreme Court decisions
• Role of misinformation in modern elections
• Bernie Madoff’s fraud compared to crypto platforms
• Centralization of finance and decline of local journalism
• AI, autocracy, and the future of democratic governance

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