Frank Partno and Jesse Eisinger — What’s Inside America’s Banks?

Some four years after the 2008 financial crisis, public trust in banks is as low as ever. Sophisticated investors describe big banks as “black boxes” that may still be concealing enormous risks—the sort that could again take down the economy. A close investigation of a supposedly conservative bank’s financial records uncovers the reason for these fears—and points the way toward urgent reforms.

The Atlantic
What’s Inside America’s Banks?
Frank Partnoy, Professor of Law and Finance at the University of San Diego, and Jesse Eisinger, Senior Reporter at ProPublica

Frank Partnoy, Like Bill Black, is one of the super-sleuths.

Did Fannie Cause the Disaster? — Jeff Madrick and Frank Partnoy

Jeff Madrick and Frank Partnoy review Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner, Times Books, at The New York Review of Books.

Professor Frank Partnoy is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance and is the director of the Center on Corporate and Securities Law at the University of San Diego. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the complexities of modern finance and financial market regulation.

Partnoy is of the stature and calibre of Professor William K. Black, but not as prolific on the Internet. What he writes is a must-read in the field of financial forensic investigation.

Did Fannie Cause the Disaster? by Jeff Madrick and Frank Partnoy