Griftopia : bubble machines, vampire squids, and the long con that is breaking America / Matt Taibbi...
Griftopia : bubble machines, vampire squids, and the long con that is breaking America / Matt Taibbi...
Griftopia : bubble machines, vampire squids, and the long con that is breaking America / Matt Taibbi.
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New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N973.932/7
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English
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252 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
The grifter archipelago, or, Why the Tea Party doesn't matter -- The biggest asshole in the universe -- Hot potato : the great American mortgage scam -- Blowout : the commodities bubble -- The outsourced highway : wealth funds -- The trillion-dollar band-aid : health care reform -- The great America...
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Publisher
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 was only a prologue. The rise, fall, and rescue of Wall Street in the bubble-and-bailout era was the coming-out party for the network of looters who sit at the nexus of American political and economic power. The grifter class--made up of the largest players in the financial industry and the politicians who...
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Griftopia : bubble machines, vampire squids, and the long con that is breaking America / Matt Taibbi.
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Bubble machines, vampire squids, and the long con that is breaking America.
Con that is breaking America.
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N973.932/7
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74VM0EW4RJdM
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0385529953 (alk. paper)
9780385529952 (alk. paper)
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973.932
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991001782659702626
