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Making Sense with Sam Harris · April 29, 2026 · 22m 4s
#473 — Money, Power, and Moral Failure
Sam Harris interviews Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, about finance, power, and moral failure in American institutions. They discuss Blankfein's memoir, Goldman's role as a market maker during the 2008 crisis, the current AI investment bubble, wealth inequality and the rise of billionaires, antisemitism across the political spectrum, Trump-era corruption, and the erosion of shared truth in politics.
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Novel
Highlights
Editorial
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The concentration of wealth into trillionaire-level fortunes represents a fundamental shift in economic power that erodes democratic institutions.
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The simultaneous rise of antisemitism on both left and right indicates a broader failure of shared truth, institutional trust, and moral reasoning.
References
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Blankfein's Memoir — Lloyd Blankfein — Discussed as the central reference for his career and perspective on Goldman Sachs
Misc
✧Blankfein reflects on his role as CEO during the 2008 financial crisis and Goldman's market-making function
✧Discussion of how AI investment mirrors pre-2008 financial bubble dynamics
✧Antisemitism framed as a symptom of broader institutional collapse and loss of shared reality
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