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The Wall Streeters Come Tumbling Downnew

Cristina Alger provides a privileged peek into New York's upper crust.
East Bay Express  |  Stefanie Kalem  |  03-08-2012  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Thomas Frank on McCain, the Wall Street Mess, and Voter Fraudnew

"These Republicans have acted for years as though markets work fine unregulated," Frank says. "But what you get is incredible rip-offs."
Shepherd Express  |  Roger Bybee  |  09-26-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Charles R. Morris on the Madness of Bankersnew

Millions of words have been written about the ongoing financial disaster largely caused by the subprime mortgage mess. But the most concise and easiest to understand handbook on the issue is almost certainly Charles R. Morris' The Trillion Dollar Meltdown.
The Texas Observer  |  Robert Bryce  |  08-27-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

'Bad Money' is Not Meant to be Pretty, and It Isn'tnew

Phillips argues that financial recklessness, combined with peak oil and the rise of Asian economic power, will doom -- has already doomed -- American world leadership and our standard of living, which depend on the value of the dollar.
The Texas Observer  |  James K. Galbraith  |  05-21-2008  |  Nonfiction

Read 'Bad Money' and Weepnew

After reading the new book by Kevin Phillips, a painful realization dawns: Not one of the people running for president is addressing how interconnected and serious America's economic, ecological, and security problems are. Worse, the bankers and hedge-fund speculators who created the credit crisis are financing the campaigns of Democrats -- the only politicians likely ever to rein them in.
Artvoice  |  Bruce Fisher  |  05-16-2008  |  Nonfiction

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