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Greedy Bastards : How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry by Dylan Ratigan (2012, Hardcover)
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PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-101451642229
ISBN-139781451642223
eBay Product ID (ePID)109218798
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Book TitleGreedy Bastards : How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Economic Conditions, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Free Enterprise
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorDylan Ratigan
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight15 oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-048586
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Some books explain a problem, this book gives you an entire world view. Greedy Bastards, puts everything in context and makes the enormity and entirety of our crises understandable. Dylan, as always, is incisive, sharp and pointed." Eliot Spitzer, "Greedy Bastards is superb. Dylan's policy recommendations track with what the Committee for Economic Development has been saying on: health care, the federal deficit, corporate governance, education, a consumption tax, and campaign finance reform. His explanations are clear, and he nails health care with his criticism of the fee-for-service model. Greedy Bastards deserves wide readership!"--Charles Kolb, President of the Committee on Economic Development, "Greedy Bastards is superb. Dylan's policy recommendations track with what the Committee for Economic Development has been saying on: health care, the federal deficit, corporate governance, education, a consumption tax, and campaign finance reform. His explanations are clear, and he nails health care with his criticism of the fee-for-service model. Greedy Bastards deserves wide readership!"-Charles Kolb, President of the Committee on Economic Development, "Ratigan delivers an energetic, powerful, and at times unsettling portrait of America in crisis ... And even though his portrait of the U.S. is bleak, he believes we have options."-- Publishers Weekly, eoeSome books explain a problem, this book gives you an entire world view. Greedy Bastards, puts everything in context and makes the enormity and entirety of our crises understandable. Dylan, as always, is incisive, sharp and pointed.e e"Eliot Spitzer, eoeVery sharp, funny, and splendidly written, Dylan Ratigan's new book is perfect for Americans disgusted with both our political parties who are trying to understand the roots of our broken economy and political system.e e" Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Roosevelt Institute and author of Golden Rule, "Exiles on Wall Street like us have a platform and a responsibility to speak out. Dylan's book shows that our problems don't stem from too much capitalism but not enough of it relative to our jerry-rigged system" Mike Mayo , Financial Analyst and Author of " Exile on Wall Street", "Some books explain a problem, this book gives you an entire world view. Greedy Bastards, puts everything in context and makes the enormity and entirety of our crises understandable. Dylan, as always, is incisive, sharp and pointed." --Eliot Spitzer, eoeExiles on Wall Street like ushave a platform and a responsibility to speak out.Dylan'sbookshowsthat our problems don't stem from too much capitalismbutnot enough of it relative to our jerry-rigged system"e"Mike Mayo, financial analyst and author of Exile on Wall Street, "Readers will find a great deal to ponder, as Ratigan covers why and how he's certain the USA is 'going seriously wrong.'"e" USA Today, "Greedy Bastards is superb. Dylan's policy recommendations track with what the Committee for Economic Development has been saying on: health care, the federal deficit, corporate governance, education, a consumption tax, and campaign finance reform. His explanations are clear, and he nails health care with his criticism of the fee-for-service model. Greedy Bastards deserves wide readership!"Charles Kolb, President of the Committee on Economic Development, eoeGreedy Bastards is afantastic book! It has the perfect tone and is completely convincing.e e"Lawrence Lessig, Director of theEdmond J. Safra Foundation Center for EthicsatHarvard University and Professor of Law atHarvard Law School, "Very sharp, funny, and splendidly written, Dylan Ratigan's new book is perfect for Americans disgusted with both our political parties who are trying to understand the roots of our broken economy and political system." Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Roosevelt Institute Author, "Golden Rule", "Exiles on Wall Street like us have a platform and a responsibility to speak out. Dylan's book shows that our problems don't stem from too much capitalism but not enough of it relative to our jerry-rigged system" -Mike Mayo, financial analyst and author of Exile on Wall Street, " Greedy Bastards helps us better understand why we suffer recurrent, intensifying financial crises. First, cheating has become the dominant strategy in finance. Second, cheating is dominant because finance CEOs create such intensely perverse incentives that fraud becomes endemic."- Bill Black, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, eoe Greedy Bastards helps us better understand why we suffer recurrent, intensifying financial crises. First, cheating has become the dominant strategy in finance. Second, cheating is dominant because finance CEOs create such intensely perverse incentives that fraud becomes endemic.ee" Bill Black, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, "Very sharp, funny, and splendidly written, Dylan Ratigan's new book is perfect for Americans disgusted with both our political parties who are trying to understand the roots of our broken economy and political system." -- Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Roosevelt Institute and author of Golden Rule, "Greedy Bastards is a fantastic book! It has the perfect tone and is completely convincing." -Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, "Some books explain a problem, this book gives you an entire world view. Greedy Bastards, puts everything in context and makes the enormity and entirety of our crises understandable. Dylan, as always, is incisive, sharp and pointed." -Eliot Spitzer, "Greedy Bastards is a fantastic book! It has the perfect tone and is completely convincing." --Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, "Ratigan delivers an energetic, powerful, and at times unsettling portrait of America in crisis … And even though his portrait of the U.S. is bleak, he believes we have options."- Publishers Weekly, "Readers will find a great deal to ponder, as Ratigan covers why and how he's certain the USA is 'going seriously wrong.'"- USA Today, eoeGreedy Bastards is superb. Dylane(tm)s policy recommendations track with what the Committee for Economic Development has been saying on: health care, the federal deficit, corporate governance, education, a consumption tax, and campaign finance reform. His explanations are clear, and he nails health care with his criticism of the fee-for-service model. Greedy Bastards deserves wide readership!ee"Charles Kolb, President of the Committee on Economic Development, "Ratigan delivers an energetic, powerful, and at times unsettling portrait of America in crisis ... And even though his portrait of the U.S. is bleak, he believes we have options."- Publishers Weekly, eoeRatigan delivers an energetic, powerful, and at times unsettling portrait of America in crisis e And even though his portrait of the U.S. is bleak, he believes we have options.ee" Publishers Weekly, "Readers will find a great deal to ponder, as Ratigan covers why and how he's certain the USA is 'going seriously wrong.'"-- USA Today, "Very sharp, funny, and splendidly written, Dylan Ratigan's new book is perfect for Americans disgusted with both our political parties who are trying to understand the roots of our broken economy and political system." - Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Roosevelt Institute and author of Golden Rule, "Greedy Bastards helps us better understand why we suffer recurrent, intensifying financial crises. First, cheating has become the dominant strategy in finance. Second, cheating is dominant because finance CEOs create such intensely perverse incentives that fraud becomes endemic." I just want to see if we can make it a little more geared towards the book." Bill Black is the author of "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One" and an associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City., "Greedy Bastards is a Fantastic book! It has the perfect tone and is completely convincing." Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School., "Exiles on Wall Street like us have a platform and a responsibility to speak out. Dylan's book shows that our problems don't stem from too much capitalism but not enough of it relative to our jerry-rigged system" --Mike Mayo, financial analyst and author of Exile on Wall Street, " Greedy Bastards helps us better understand why we suffer recurrent, intensifying financial crises. First, cheating has become the dominant strategy in finance. Second, cheating is dominant because finance CEOs create such intensely perverse incentives that fraud becomes endemic."-- Bill Black, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
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SynopsisIn this bold and original new work Dylan Ratigan offers a call to action, a post-partisan manifesto, and a muscular defence of a fading American dream, Dylan Ratigan is mad as hell. Infuriated by government corruption and corporate communism, incensed by banksters shaking down taxpayers, and despairing of an ailing health care system, an age-old dependency on foreign oil, and a failing educational system, Ratigan sees an America that has allowed itself to be swindled and robbed. In this book, his first, he rips the lid off our deeply crooked system--and offers a way out. This country, now more than ever, needs passionate debate and smart policy, a brazen willingness to scrap what doesn't work, and the entrepreneurial spirit to try what does. Ratigan has compiled brash and fresh solutions for building a new and better America, and with this book he has started the debate America deserves. With you, he wants to take back the country from the six vampires sucking this nation dry: - A political system in which lobbyists write legislation, lawmakers place "secret holds" to create more pork for their districts, and money drives the whole process. - A banking system that uses capital for speculation and debt creation, rather than productive investment. - A "master-slave" relationship with our Chinese bankers, making our corporations and politicians complicit in a system that rigs our currency and leaves us with permanent joblessness and massive trade deficits. - A health care system that is among the priciest and least sustainable in the industrialized world. - An educational system that prizes prestige but produces mediocrity. - An addiction to foreign oil that has sapped us of our willingness to innovate, made us reliant on inefficient technologies, and left us supportive of corrupt governments. To combat these vampires and to isolate the systematic ways in which our once productive industries and our government have been breached, Ratigan does not offer a grab bag of flimsy suggestions or useless hot air. Instead he provides readers with a set of values that together form the answer for how each of us can not only understand what has gone wrong--but join together to make it right., Dylan Ratigan is mad as hell. Infuriated by government corruption and corporate communism, incensed by banksters shaking down taxpayers, and despairing of an ailing health care system, an age-old dependency on foreign oil, and a failing educational system, Ratigan sees an America that has allowed itself to be swindled and robbed. In this book, his first, he rips the lid off our deeply crooked system--and offers a way out. This country, now more than ever, needs passionate debate and smart policy, a brazen willingness to scrap what doesn't work, and the entrepreneurial spirit to try what does. Ratigan has compiled brash and fresh solutions for building a new and better America, and with this book he has started the debate America deserves. With you, he wants to take back the country from the six vampires sucking this nation dry: * A political system in which lobbyists write legislation, lawmakers place "secret holds" to create more pork for their districts, and money drives the whole process. * A banking system that uses capital for speculation and debt creation, rather than productive investment. * A "master-slave" relationship with our Chinese bankers, making our corporations and politicians complicit in a system that rigs our currency and leaves us with permanent joblessness and massive trade deficits. * A health care system that is among the priciest and least sustainable in the industrialized world. * An educational system that prizes prestige but produces mediocrity. * An addiction to foreign oil that has sapped us of our willingness to innovate, made us reliant on inefficient technologies, and left us supportive of corrupt governments. To combat these vampires and to isolate the systematic ways in which our once productive industries and our government have been breached, Ratigan does not offer a grab bag of flimsy suggestions or useless hot air. Instead he provides readers with a set of values that together form the answer for how each of us can not only understand what has gone wrong--but join together to make it right.
LC Classification NumberHC106.84.R38 2012
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