#473 — Money, Power, and Moral Failure
From Making Sense with Sam Harris by Sam Harris
April 29, 2026 · 22 min
About this episode
Sam Harris speaks with Lloyd Blankfein about finance, politics, and the state of American society.
Sam Harris speaks with Lloyd Blankfein about finance, politics, and the state of American society. They discuss Blankfein's memoir, Goldman Sachs and its role as a market maker, the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the AI investment bubble, wealth inequality and the rise of trillionaires, the crisis of antisemitism on the left and right, Trump-era corruption and the post-truth political environment, the national debt, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe .
People in this episode
Host: Sam Harris
Guest: Lloyd Blankfein
Topics covered
- finance
- politics
- wealth inequality
- trillionaires
- antisemitism
- corruption
- national debt
Keywords
- finance
- politics
- wealth inequality
- trillionaires
- antisemitism
- corruption
- national debt
- AI investment bubble
- post-truth
- 2007-2008 financial crisis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Goldman Sachs
Places: American, Trump
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