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The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history The financial crisis that exploded in 2008 isn’t past but prologue. The stunning 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... read more
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Summary edit
Examines American financial, political and media power and argues that the dramatic series of events that led to the financial crisis also resulted in a complete shift of power to the self-interested elite.
Characters/People edit
- Goldman: Add a description of this character.
- Alan Greenspan
- Win Neuger
- Andy
- Joe Cassano
- Henry Paulson
- Barack Obama
- Rick Santelli
- Miklos
- Sarah Palin
- Eljon Williams
- Eric Dinallo
- Tom Bock
- Michele Bachmann
- John Mccain
- Katrina
- Robert Rubin
- Pat Leahy
- Kolchak
- Solomon Edwards
- George W. Bush
- Ronald Reagan
- Bill Clinton
- Brian Martin
- William Fleckenstein
- Gene Taylor
- J. Aron
- Ben Nelson
- Rahm Emanuel
- Max Baucus
- Robert Lukens
- Steve Kohlhagen
- Nancy Kissinger
- John Thain
- Larry Kudlow
- Brian Griffiths
- Peter Morici
- Michael Greenberger
- Hillary Clinton
- Sandy Weill
- Ken Lewis
- Mr. C. J. Myers
- Billy Tauzin
- Joseph Markosek
- Larry Summers
- Tyler Durden
- Sergey Aleynikov
- Pete DeFazio
- Lloyd Blankfein
- Jim Messina
- Martha Coakley
- David Viniar
- Brooksley Born
- Abu Dhabi
- Chris Dodd
- Jay Ritter
- Carl Levin
- Alderman Scott Waguespack
- Gary Gensler
- Brian Wesbury
- Richard Daley
- Clara Bernardino
- Charles Keating
- Fabrice Tourre
- Joe Hagan
- John Langbein
- Phil Angelides
- Richard Nixon
- George Pullman
- Dr. Gal Luft
- Dan Kane
- God Paulson
- Sam Sereda
- John Conyers
- Dennis Kucinich
- Nathaniel Branden
- Volpe
- Woody Allen
- Leslie Hairston
- Stephen Friedman
- Lucas van Praag
- Timothy Geithner
- David Brooks
- Paul Weller
- Elizabeth Warren
- Fadel Gheit
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Arthur Burns
- Ron Paul
- Paul Volcker
- Trent Lott
- Daniel Sparks
- Charlie Gasparino
- Nicholas Maier
- Priscilla Carillo
- Chuck Schumer
- Ferguson
- Prescott Bush
- Bill Parson
- Mitch McConnell
- Henry Waxman
- Ben Bernanke
- Mr. Greenspan
- Barbara Walters
- Greenberg
- David Williams
- Lloyd Marcus
- Doug Slape
- Jeffrey Harris
- William Proxmire
- Scott Brown
- Glenn Beck
- Harry Reid
First Sentence edit
"MR. CHAIRMAN, DELEGATES, and fellow citizens..."
Table of Contents edit
1
The Grifter Archipelago; or, Why the
Tea Party Doesn't Matter
2
The Biggest Asshole in the Universe
3
Hot Potato: The Great American
Mortgage Scam
4
Blowout: The Commodities Bubble
5
The Outsourced Highway: Wealth Funds
6
The Trillion-Dollar Band-Aid:
Health Care Reform
7
The Great American Bubble Machine
Epilogue
Note on Sources
Authors & Contributors edit
- Matt Taibbi (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0385529952
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2, 2010
ISBN: 978-0385529952
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 321
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