Author Bios
Christopher Whalen
Christopher Whalen is Senior Managing Director of Tangent Capital Partners in New York, where he works as an investment banker providing advisory services focused on companies in the financial services sector.
Christopher is co-founder and Vice Chairman of the board of Lord, Whalen LLC, parent of Institutional Risk
Analytics, the Los Angeles based provider of bank ratings, risk management tools and consulting services for auditors, regulators and financial professionals.
Christopher is the author of the December 2010 book, "Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream," now in a second printing from John Wiley & Sons. Christopher currently edits The Institutional Risk Analyst, a weekly news report and commentary on significant developments in and around the global financial markets.
He also contributes articles to Zero Hedge, Housing Wire and The Big Picture. Christopher has appeared before Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on
a range of financial, economic and political issues.