# Andrew Ross Sorkin

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/andrew-ross-sorkin/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Andrew Ross Sorkin (Co-anchor & columnist, CNBC & The New York Times) talking, from 2 interviews on The Real Eisman Playbook and Prof G Markets, the latest published Oct 27, 2025.

- Role: Co-anchor & columnist, CNBC & The New York Times
- About: Founded DealBook and co-anchors CNBC’s Squawk Box; wrote the bestselling books 1929 and Too Big to Fail.
- On X: https://x.com/andrewrsorkin

## What Andrew Ross Sorkin said

- [Fed political pressure worsened the Depression](https://realalpha.app/s/fed-political-pressure-worsened-the-depression/)
  The Real Eisman Playbook · Oct 27, 2025 · 4 min
  > “there was an incentive to sit on their hands because they thought that politically it might not be palatable” — Andrew Ross Sorkin · [44:09](https://realalpha.app/v/Yp6EggtUBYI/?t=2649)
- [New investment wrappers can recreate old leverage risks](https://realalpha.app/s/new-investment-wrappers-can-recreate-old-leverage-risks/)
  The Real Eisman Playbook · Oct 27, 2025 · 3 min
  > “But here we are in this moment where, you know, private credit has all of a sudden become the thing.” — Andrew Ross Sorkin · [46:39](https://realalpha.app/v/Yp6EggtUBYI/?t=2799)
- [Private equity is stuck until firms can exit investments](https://realalpha.app/s/private-equity-is-stuck-until-firms-can-exit-investments/)
  Prof G Markets · Jan 16, 2025 · 4 min
  > “Every year you're marking up these investments as if they're worth more, but you haven't exited.” — Andrew Ross Sorkin · [29:08](https://realalpha.app/v/t3WiXCtS-9A/?t=1748)
- [AI infrastructure may have a stronger moat than language models](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-infrastructure-may-have-a-stronger-moat-than-language/)
  Prof G Markets · Jan 16, 2025 · 4 min
  > “And what does that say about the defensibility and the sort of the moat around the large language models?” — Andrew Ross Sorkin · [37:30](https://realalpha.app/v/t3WiXCtS-9A/?t=2250)
- [The bond market could constrain Trump’s agenda](https://realalpha.app/s/the-bond-market-could-constrain-trumps-agenda/)
  Prof G Markets · Jan 16, 2025 · 3 min
  > “the only potential governor on them is oddly enough the bond market” — Andrew Ross Sorkin · [25:37](https://realalpha.app/v/t3WiXCtS-9A/?t=1537)

## Also from these interviews

- [California’s fire insurance backstop faces a large funding gap](https://realalpha.app/s/californias-fire-insurance-backstop-faces-a-large-funding/)
  Prof G Markets · Jan 16, 2025 · 4 min
  > “I don't think taxpayers in California should have to bail out people who decide it's their birthright to live in fire-prone areas.” — Scott Galloway · [17:09](https://realalpha.app/v/t3WiXCtS-9A/?t=1029)

## The 2 episodes

- [Andrew Ross Sorkin on the Crash of 1929 & The Parallels We See Today | The Real Eisman Playbook](https://realalpha.app/v/Yp6EggtUBYI/) · The Real Eisman Playbook · Oct 27, 2025
- [LA Fires, Trump Trades, TikTok, and Legacy Media’s Fate — ft. Andrew Ross Sorkin | Prof G Markets](https://realalpha.app/v/t3WiXCtS-9A/) · Prof G Markets · Jan 16, 2025