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Gary Weiss is a journalist and the author of "Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul," to be published by St. Martin's Press on February 28, 2012. Follow him on Twitter @gary_weiss.

MF Global executives Jon Corzine, Bradley Abelow and Henri Steenkamp. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Greed fatigue and MF Global

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Bernie Sanders (AP/RIch Pedroncelli)

The real way to hold down gas prices

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Richard Cordray, financial watchdog (Reuters/Yuri Gripas)

How Obama’s financial watchdog can prove himself

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He's wacky. He's wise. (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Why Ron Paul is still relevant

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Wall Street isn't worried (Salon)

Preet Bharara’s toothless bite of Wall Street

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Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich (Reuters/Scott Audette)

Romney buys into the Big Lie on housing

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Newt Gingrich in 2006 (AP/Cheryl Senter)

When Newt championed Wall Street

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Romney banks in the Cayman Islands (AP/Steven Senne/iStockphoto/miralex)

Why Romney is Obama’s dream opponent

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Mitt Romney, buyout artist (Brian Snyder / Reuters)

Romney and the pathology of Bain

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The happy face of Rep. Ron Paul (Sean Gardner / Reuters)

Progressive beer goggles for Ron Paul

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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (AP)

Ron Paul’s wacky but influential Fed policy

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Richard Syron, nice with blind eye (AP/Susan Walsh)

Finally, the SEC gets serious

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Jon Corzine, circus act (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Ringmasters at the Corzine circus

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Richard Cordray, nice guy (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Richard Cordray is no Elizabeth Warren

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Gary Ackerman and Carolyn Maloney (AP)

Why liberals aid the 1 percent

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Barney Frank: Thumbs up or thumbs down? (Reuters/Adam Hunger)

The myth of Barney Frank

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Ron Paul, phony populist (AP)

Ron Paul’s phony populism

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The O’Murdoch factor

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Greed on aisle 6

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Enron changed nothing

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