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Jen Wieczner

Features Writer, New York Magazine

Jen Wieczner is a features writer who has covered Wall Street, business, and cryptocurrency for more than a decade. She has previously written for Fortune and The Wall Street Journal.

  1. the money game
    Inside the Harvard Business School Ponzi SchemeHe had a successful Wall Street career. Why would he con his classmates?
  2. the money game
    SEC Chairman Mary Jo White Testifies To Senate Banking Committee On Wall Street Reform
    Are Democrats Pivoting on Crypto?“There are millions of voters who are going to vote against Biden on the basis of this issue.”
  3. games
    Chess Brat: Hans Niemann, One Year After the Cheating ScandalThe grandmaster has been kinda-sorta vindicated. So how is he more disliked than ever?
  4. the money game
    ‘They Are Very Comfortable With Lying’How fallen crypto kingpins Su Zhu and Kyle Davies are dodging prison — and rebranding.
  5. parenting
    I Know What You Did on the PlaygroundInside the chaos that often ensues after a parent posts about a “bad nanny” on Facebook.
  6. the money game
    How Bill Ackman’s Campaign to Oust Harvard’s President FailedHe tried to bring Wall Street tactics to the academic world.
  7. the money game
    Behold the Utter Destruction of Crypto’s Biggest NamesCan crypto survive when so few of its founding fathers have?
  8. the money game
    Wall Street’s Gloomiest Hedge-Fund Manager on ‘a Huge Crash Coming’“This is the most dangerous time in the markets ever,” says Mark Spitznagel.
  9. the money game
    How the Bond Market Is Screaming ‘Danger’ for the EconomyCampbell Harvey, a finance professor who discovered the inverted yield curve, says the current one is ominous.
  10. the money game
    Mark Zuckerberg Corrected Me About His Sweater on InstagramIt turns out the Meta CEO spends hundreds, not thousands, on hoodies. I regret the error.
  11. the money game
    How Loro Piana Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite FlexThe luxury Italian fashion brand is no longer quite as understated as it once was.
  12. the money game
    Crypto Fugitive Su Zhu Has Been ArrestedThe former manager of Three Arrows Capital, a crypto fund that blew up last year, has been sentenced in Singapore.
  13. the money game
    Jerome Powell Might Have Avoided a Recession. How Is a Mystery.“He helped steer us towards this nirvana of the soft landing.” Just don’t ask any questions.
  14. the money game
    Is David Solomon Too Big a Jerk to Run Goldman Sachs?Inside a banking mutiny.
  15. the money game
    Is the Federal Government Trying to Kill Off Crypto?The industry sure thinks so. The White House denies it. Who’s right?
  16. the money game
    The Meltdown of a Gay BankWhat went wrong when an LGBTQ+ start-up set out to disrupt finance.
  17. the money game
    Crypto Companies Are Asking Jamie Dimon to Hold Their MoneySurprisingly, big banks like JPMorgan seem to be giving the industry a warmer reception.
  18. the money game
    Barney Frank Talks More About the Surprise Shuttering of Signature Bank“I was sort of vindicated — they have not argued that we were insolvent,” says the author of the Dodd-Frank Act.
  19. the money game
    Why Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure Felt a Lot Like GameStop ManiaThe frenzied bank run was more fueled by the whims of venture-capitalist influencers than financial reality.
  20. the money game
    The Original King of Crypto Is BackArthur Hayes rubbed success in the Feds’ face and got busted. Now he’s returning to a shell-shocked industry.
  21. the money game
    5 Takeaways From Three Arrows Capital’s New York Bankruptcy HearingSu Zhu and Kyle Davies are surfing and painting in exile. Also dodging creditors and the law.
  22. sbf: the virtue was the con
    What Does Sam Bankman-Fried Have to Say for Himself?An interview with the disgraced CEO.
  23. the money game
    SPACs Are Dead. Why Did Grindr Use One?The LGBTQ+ dating app makes its public-market debut.
  24. the money game
    The Reporter Who Knows What Jerome Powell Is ThinkingOr, at least, that is Nick Timiraos’s reputation in a world where everyone is watching the Fed.
  25. the money game
    Mohamed El-Erian on the Looming Recession — and What He’s Doing With His Money“I don’t know how to convey it, but we came very close to a financial accident in the U.K,” says the markets guru.
  26. the money game
    Kim Kardashian Just Paid a $1 Million Fine for Being a Crypto GrifterIt turns out that crypto influencing is not the same as influencing for skin-care products or makeup or bras.
  27. the money game
    Beware Ryan Cohen, the Meme-Stock KingHe’s making wild profits. But at whose expense?
  28. the money game
    The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion DollarsEveryone trusted the two guys at Three Arrows Capital. They knew what they were doing — right?
  29. what is elon musk?
    ‘I Began Just Losing Money Every Day’Four short sellers on the specific agonies of betting against Elon Musk.
  30. the money game
    The BuzzFeed SPAC Fiasco Is Only Getting WorseSome ex-employees, it turns out, were able to trade while others could only watch the shares plummet.
  31. the money game
    Mike Novogratz on His Big Crypto Mistake and What’s Ahead for Bitcoin“This has been a complete and total old-school ass-beating.”
  32. the money game
    The Rise and Fall of Wall Street’s Most Controversial InvestorCathie Wood built a thriving brand out of price-prediction porn — then the tech bubble popped.
  33. formula shortage
    My Life Revolves Around BreastfeedingAs the formula shortage continues, keeping my daughter fed is a full-time responsibility. And I’m one of the lucky ones.
  34. the group portrait
    The Back-to-the-Office GangHow Henry Kravis and other New York chief executives are urging employees back to their desks.
  35. the money game
    Jason Furman Saw Inflation Coming. Does He See Recession Too?The economist and former Obama adviser shares his thoughts on skyrocketing inflation, what the Fed needs to do, and what might happen next.
  36. the money game
    What Wall Streeters Are Whispering About Elon Musk and TwitterTheir advice: Back out.
  37. games people play
    Elon Musk Trolls the InternetThe long con is just for fun.
  38. the money game
    Crypto Confronts the War in UkraineFor the big trading platforms, the Russian invasion has turned borderlessness into a liability.
  39. just asking questions
    She Was D.C.’s Top Crypto Cop. Now She’s Silicon Valley’s Top Crypto Investor.Katie Haun is spreading the Web3 word to everyone from senators to Hollywood stars.
  40. just asking questions
    An Obama Economic Adviser on Biden’s Big Inflation Problem“I’ve long thought Washington was doing too little, but it has now overcorrected and done too much,” says Harvard’s Jason Furman.
  41. the money game
    Revolt of the Goldman JuniorsCrushed by pandemic workloads, Wall Street’s youngest want more money and better conditions. But mostly more money.
  42. the money game
    Gary Gensler on Crypto, SPACs, and RobinhoodThe new SEC chief may have taught courses on the blockchain at MIT, but he’s not planning to give bitcoin a free pass.
  43. the money game
    Why Does the World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Keep Losing CEOs?It’s not even clear who is running Binance’s U.S. arm now.
  44. the money game
    The Not-So-Happy Story of the World’s Biggest SPACBillionaire hedge-funder Bill Ackman and a gang of retail investors on Reddit were both very excited about a deal. Now, no one is.
  45. headaches
    The Travel Industry Is a Total Mess. Everyone Is Traveling Anyway.If you think it’s hard to find a good flight, wait till you try to book a rental car or a hotel room.
  46. the money game
    What’s the Deal With the Spike Lee Crypto Ad?Coin Cloud, the little-known crypto ATM company Lee’s pitching, doesn’t even operate in New York — where the ad was shot.
  47. the money game
    When Ransomware Hackers Tried to Ruin Summer on Martha’s VineyardThe island’s main ferry service was thrown into chaos by a cyberattack. Could the long-awaited post-vaxx high season be saved?
  48. the money game
    Why a Failing New Jersey Deli Is Valued at $100 Million: A TheoryIt doesn’t make sense by any normal standards. But maybe it’s part of a larger game?
  49. the money game
    Cryptocurrency Markets Crashed By 50 Percent. What’s Next?Look out below?
  50. our climate
    Jack Dorsey Says Bitcoin Can Make the World Greener. Could He Be Right?There’s a heated discussion going on over this question — and Elon Musk has staked out both sides.
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