Griftopia : bubble machines, vampire squids, and the long con that is breaking America

• Tác giả: Matt Taibbi
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0385529952
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 973.932 United States
• Thông tin xuất bản: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010.
• Mô tả vật lý: 252 p. ; , 25 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 67382
• Chủ đề: 1. Deception--Political aspects--United States; 2. Despotism--United States; 3. Financial crises--21st century--United States; 4. Political corruption--United States

Tóm tắt

 The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 only 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 do their bidding--has been growing in power for a generation, transferring wealth upward through increasingly complex financial mechanisms and political maneuvers. The crisis was only one terrifying manifestation of how they've hijacked America's political and economic life. Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi here unravels the story, digging beyond the headlines to get into the deeper roots and wider implications. He traces the movement's origins to Ayn Rand and her most influential acolyte, Alan Greenspan
  he uncovers the hidden commodities bubble that transferred billions of dollars to Wall Street while creating food shortages around the world
  and he shows how finance dominates politics with an inside account of the high-stakes battle for health-care reform--a battle the true reformers lost.--From publisher description.