About this episode
William D. Cohan is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and is one of the most meticulous and intrepid journalists working today – a truly great reporter covering the intersection between Wall Street and Washington. Bill has also written for The Financial Times , The New York Times , Bloomberg BusinessWeek , The Atlantic, The Nation , Fortune , and Politico . In addition, Bill is the author of: The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. , House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; about the last days of Bear Stearns, Wall Street Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; The Price of Silence: the Duke Lacrosse Scandal ; And Why Wall Street Matter s . Bill joins us today to talk his latest book – Four Friends: Promising Lives Cut Short Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices