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100	1		_aTaibbi, Matt. _927503
245	1	0	_aGriftopia _ba story of bankers, politicians, and the most audacious power Grab in American history _c.
260			_aNew York _bSpiegel & Grau Trade _c2010.
300			_a300p. _c25 cm.
505	0		_aThe 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 American bubble machine.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aPolitical corruption _zUnited States. _917188
650		0	_aDeception _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States. _9146423
650		0	_aDespotism _zUnited States. _91664487
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2009- _936725
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-2009. _93122
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