Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

by Matt Taibbi

Book Overview

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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385529953
• ISBN13: 9780385529952
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"