Stories by Les Leopold

Les Leopold's latest book is How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds are Siphoning away America's Wealth (John Wiley and Sons, 2013).

America's New Math: 1 Wall Street Hour = 21 Years of Hard Work For the Rest of Us

It's perverse: the top 10 hedge funds managers make as much as 196,000 registered nurses. Here's how we change that.

Tennessee lawmakers have elevated hatred for government and disgust for poor people to an art form.

From blatant robbery to money laundering, here are the biggest scandals of 2012 banking history.

The simple truth is our giant banking system is metastasizing throughout our economy. It’s sucking away our wealth. And it’s out of control.

Next time you fill up your tank, remember that $10 to $25 is going right from your pocket to the financial sector.

The financial rot is deeply impacting our democratic structures.

It's been AWOL thus far.