Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History, (Paperback)

from jrpalin

Loaded with sarcasm, colorful language, and point-blank attacks on the likes of Alan Greenspan and the leaders of Goldman Sachs, this book is immensely entertaining and also a pretty informative business history book. The chapters kind of stand individually from one another and the first two are ...

from rivkat

I am powerfully drawn to Taibbi's writing, but I can only read so much at a time before his and my rage threaten to overwhelm me. Also, warning: I can't overemphasize just how often he uses disability-related words to signify stupidity, evil, or general unworthiness as a human being. Nonetheless,...

from hugh_ashton

"Pointing at the sun while pissing on your shoes". A phrase from Ian MacDonald's Out On Blue Six to describe misdirection of the populace by the Powers That Be. My feeling is that all Americans, whatever their political persuasion, should read Griftopia. Even if you are going to divide Taibbi's a...

from DRFP

At times a piece of writing more horrific than any work of fiction. Taibbi illuminates in a very easy to read style (with jargon simply explained) some of the many crimes that precipitated the recent financial crisis. It left me personally shocked by the very scale of criminality that took place ...

from DRFP

At times a piece of writing more horrific than any work of fiction. Taibbi illuminates in a very easy to read style (with jargon simply explained) some of the many crimes that precipitated the recent financial crisis. It left me personally shocked by the very scale of criminality that took place ...