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Timothy Spangler

Timothy Spangler is a commentator, lawyer, and academic who divides his time between Southern California and the United Kingdom. The two decades he spent working on Wall Street and in the city of London have given him unlimited access to the inner workings of the global financial markets, and the economic trends that that are driving international affairs in the 21st century. Timothy has appeared on CNN, CNBC, BBC, and Sky News, and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, and The Economist. He also writes the award-winning blog, “Law of the Market,” dedicated to covering the politics of Wall Street regulation and the regulation of Wall Street politics (www.lawofthemarket.com and @lawofthemarket).When not contemplating the ridiculous and absurd aspects of finance and politics around the world, Timothy follows the rising and falling fortunes of Fulham Football Club in the English Premier League, and beyond.

Articles

It’s Just Like Watching Brazil
SUCCESS AND FAILURE on the football pitch has been a decisive element in Brazil's recent history. Perhaps no country's identity is as connected with the beautiful game. This uniquely deep and fraught relationship will come to a head once again starting ...
Timothy SpanglerJun 11, 2014
Life and Debt
Timothy Spangler interviews professor, author and activist Andrew Ross...
Timothy SpanglerMar 30, 2014
Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: Scorsese’s "Wolf of Wall Street" Disappoints
The Wolf of Wall Street is neither the epic we deserve, nor the epic we need....
Timothy SpanglerMar 12, 2014
A Journey into Zimbabwe’s Postcolonial Subconscious
Mugabe the monster and Mugabe the man in a new play by Fraser Grace on Zimbabwe's (and Africa's) longest-ruling dictator....
Timothy SpanglerSep 27, 2013
Getting to the Truth about Hedge Funds
AS THE RECENT FINANCIAL CRISIS recedes slowly into our collective memory, there are still many aspects of the global financial system that warrant closer scrutiny. Among the prime targets for further analysis and criticism are hedge funds, whose operations have in ...
Timothy SpanglerMay 3, 2013
Easy Come, Easy Go: The Dark Side of Personal Finance
Triptych image: "Don't Say Anything"Credit: Maureen Selwood MANY MODERN SAVERS are buying into a vision of the financial markets as a potentially magical source of investment returns. Strangely, the cult of personal finance seems to redouble each time the markets ...
Timothy SpanglerFeb 17, 2013
Every Accountant Tells a Story
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TELL A STORY. Depending on the circumstances, including the underlying motivations of the author, the accounts of an industrial company or a financial institution or a high tech start-up or a national government can be crafted to serve as ...
Timothy SpanglerJan 6, 2013
The New New Capitalism
DOES CAPITALISM NEED a moral defense? Do capitalists need a moral philosophy? George Gilder’s book, Wealth and Poverty, was originally published in 1981, in a world much different from the one we encounter today. The threat of Soviet and ...
Timothy SpanglerSep 20, 2012