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It Takes a Pillage

Author : Nomi Prins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470555505
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book It Takes a Pillage written by Nomi Prins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Wall Street manager turned muckraking journalist gets inside how the banks looted the Treasury, stole the bailout, and continued with business as usual We all watched as packs of former Big Financiers commandeered posts in Washington and lavished trillions in bailouts to "save" big Wall Street firms that used that money for anything and everything except to fill in Main Street's potholes. We all watched as Wall Street heavyweights fought tooth and nail to declaw financial reform and won. Former Wall Streeter Nomi Prins has been watching, too, and she is not going to let them get away with it. More than just an angry populist, commentator stuck on the sidelines, Prins understand Big Finance and big money and big schemes-and in this book she exposes the fundamental follies of our economic system and the schemes of the bigwigs who have no intention of letting it change. Remarkably combines detail, clarity, and narrative momentum, revealing all the ways in banks gamed the system to get the most money with the least oversight. Exposes the power-bankers who bagged more than $5 billion in compensation before and after their companies grabbed more than a trillion dollars in federal bailout subsidies-and how the government's indignation at this didn't lead to change. Shows how the most egregious pillagers work at the Fed and Treasury department, detailing how Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and Tim Geithner siphoned off $10.7 trillion from the public's future for Big Finance's present, all the while telling us it was for our own good. Slams a financial system that will not change, if our government doesn't force it to change, no matter what happens in the so-called free market and why the 'sweeping' financial reform bill passed after Wall Street reconsolidated its power, is anything but sweeping or reformative. Written by a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a senior fellow at Demos, who writes regularly on corruption in Washington and Wall Street for news outlets ranging from Fortune to Mother Jones. If you're still enraged and frustrated with how the bank bailout went bust for the American people, or how Wall Street continues to operate as if the rest of the world doesn't matter, or how the banks are once again rolling in outsized profits and obscene bonuses while average Americans continue to struggle through a bleak landscape of foreclosures and job loss, It Takes a Pillage gives voice to your outrage, and provides a deeper insight into what we really have to be angry about and how we can fight for some real change.

Summary: It Takes a Pillage

Author : BusinessNews Publishing,
Publisher : Primento
ISBN 13 : 2511001071
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Summary: It Takes a Pillage written by BusinessNews Publishing, and published by Primento. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-read summary of Nomi Prins's book: “It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals From Washington to Wall Street”. This complete summary of "It Takes a Pillage" by Nomi Prins, a renowned journalist and former Wall Streeter, presents her argument that the current crisis is not the result of subprime mortgages but of the financial system. She proposes solutions and reforms to try to deal with this problem. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand how Wall Street took advantage of its own bailout • Expand your knowledge of American economics and politics To learn more, read "It Takes a Pillage" and discover the dark insider secrets of Wall Street and the financial crisis.

It Takes a Pillage

Author : Nomi Prins
Publisher : SWN Books
ISBN 13 : 9780983916048
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book It Takes a Pillage written by Nomi Prins and published by SWN Books. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nomi knows. Having been at Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins knows the mind-set, knows how to read spreadsheets, knows the people, and knows Wall Street's games. Nomi knows and now Nomi tells." --Jim Hightower, author of "Swim against the Current" "If you want to understand why Wall Street is disgraced but still calling the shots, you can't do better than the brilliantly written and documented It Takes a Pillage." --Robert Kuttner, author of "Obama's Challenge" After months of various drafts and political infighting, Congress finally passed, and President Obama signed into law, a bill that was supposedly the biggest financial reform bill in decades. The big question is, do the supporters of this bill really believe it will change Wall Street? Or do they simply hope it'll be enough to placate us so the status quo can be validated? Nomi Prins assumes the latter, because they can't be that naive, but time will tell. In "It Takes a Pillage," former Wall Street insider turned muckraking journalist Nomi Prins explains how we are building a new bubble with more leverage, bigger bonuses, rampant speculation and fraud, amid extended unemployment and personal financial decline. The cowering of Washington bureaucrats in the face of the power and influence exerted by the Big Banks threatens the immediate economic well-being of us all. The scariest part is that, for all the trillions that have been spent or remain committed to the bloated stalwarts of Wall Street, our economic system is still in disarray. Average Americans continue to struggle while the banks are once again rolling in outsized profits and obscene bonuses. "It Takes a Pillage" is packed with the information you need to understand the financial crisis and what has followed, and to gain deeper insight into how to fight for real change.

Pirates Vs. Ninjas

Author : Fred Perry
Publisher : Antarctic Press
ISBN 13 : 0978772555
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Pirates Vs. Ninjas written by Fred Perry and published by Antarctic Press. This book was released on 2007-08-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Mako and his band of pirates persuade a navigator named Kineas to decipher a map that leads to the treasure of the old gods, but a group of ninjas led by Ryusei also want Kineas and the map so they can find the treasure.

All the Presidents' Bankers

Author : Nomi Prins
Publisher : Nation Books
ISBN 13 : 156858749X
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book All the Presidents' Bankers written by Nomi Prins and published by Nation Books. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prins shows how powerful Wall Street bankers partnered with presidents to became the unelected leaders of the 20th century.

The Vikings on Film

Author : Kevin J. Harty
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786486384
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Vikings on Film written by Kevin J. Harty and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factual and fanciful tales of the Nordic warriors known as Vikings have proven irresistible to filmmakers for nearly a century. Diverse, prominent actors from Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier to Tim Robbins and John Cleese, and noted directors, including Richard Fleischer, Clive Donner and Terry Jones, have all lent their talents to Viking-related films. These fourteen essays on films dealing with the Viking era discuss American, British and European productions. Analyzed in detail are such films as The Vikings (1958), The Long Ships (1964), Alfred the Great (1969), Erik the Viking (1989) and Outlander (2008), as well as two comic-strip adaptations, the 1954 and 1989 films of Prince Valiant and the animated Asterix and the Vikings (2006). A comprehensive filmography is also included.

What Comes After Money?

Author : Daniel Pinchbeck
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1583943498
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book What Comes After Money? written by Daniel Pinchbeck and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of twenty-two essays from the web magazine Reality Sandwich that discuss alternatives to the current systems of bank-financed currency and global capitalism"--Provided by publisher.

The End of Stationarity

Author : Mark Schapiro
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603586946
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The End of Stationarity written by Mark Schapiro and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists have devised a new term to explain the turmoil caused by climate change: the end of stationarity. It means that our baselines for rainfall, water flow, temperature, and extreme weather are no longer relevant—that making predictions based on past experience is no longer possible. But climate change has upended baselines in the financial world, too, disrupting the global economy in ways that are just becoming clear, leaving us unable to assess risk, and causing us to fundamentally re-think economic priorities and existing business models. At the heart of that financial unrest is the role of carbon, and as the world moves toward making more and more polluters pay to emit it, a financial mystery unfolds: What are the costs? Who has the responsibility to pay for them? Who do you pay? How do you pay? And how will those costs ripple through the economy? These are the questions veteran journalist Mark Schapiro attempts to answer as he illuminates the struggle to pinpoint carbon's true costs and allocate them fairly--all while bumping up against the vagaries of the free market, the lobbying power of corporations, the political maneuverings of countries, and the tolerance of everyday consumers buying a cup of coffee, a tank of gas, or an airplane ticket. Along the way, Schapiro tracks the cost of carbon through the drought-ridden farmland of California, the jungles of Brazil, the world's greatest manufacturing center in China, the carbon-trading center of Europe, and the high-tech crime world that carbon markets have inspired. He even tracks the cost of carbon through the skies themselves, where efforts to put a price tag on the carbon left by airplanes in the no-man's land of the atmosphere created what amounted to a quiet but powerful global trade war. The End of Stationarity deftly depicts the wild, new carbon economy, and shows us how nations, emerging and developed, teeter on its brink. Originally published in hardcover as Carbon Shock, the book is updated throughout and includes a new afterword, based on the Paris climate talks.

Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy, and Ecological Sustainability

Author : Majia Nadesan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739194968
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy, and Ecological Sustainability written by Majia Nadesan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy, and Ecological Sustainability provides a detailed and empirical analysis of the institutions, governing logics, risk-management practices, and crisis communication strategies involved in the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the 2010 BP oil crisis, and the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. These human-engineered crises threaten sustainability through resource depletion, environmental degradation, and the growth of geo-political conflicts. Yet, the corporations responsible have returned to profitability by externalizing risks to communities and governments. In response to this pattern of crisis management, Nadesan argues that contemporary financial and energy complexes pose significant threats to liberal democracy and ecological sustainability. This book will be of interest to scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, sociology, political science, anthropology, and economics.

Getting a Grip

Author : Frances Moore Lappe
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458716619
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Getting a Grip written by Frances Moore Lappe and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designated by The New York Times Book Review as a must-read in 2008 for the next U.S. president, Lapps unique take and laser-like logic invite readers to try on a new, invigorating way of seeing the world. With her characteristic boldness, she takes on a set of disempowering ideas driving economic and ecological crises, challenging readers to rethink the meaning of power, democracy, and hope itself. In her punchy, no-holds-barred style, Lapp weaves together fresh insights, startling facts, and stirring vignettes of regular people pursuing ingenuous solutions. ""My books intent,"" Lapp writes, ""is to enable us to see what is happening all around us but is still invisible to most of us people in all walks of life penetrating the spiral of despair and reversing it with new ideas, innovation and courage."" This updated and revised edition responds to Obama's presidency and the global financial collapse, concluding with reflection questions that are perfect for book groups.

Open Veins of Latin America

Author : Eduardo Galeano
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0853459908
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Open Veins of Latin America written by Eduardo Galeano and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.

Report

Author : Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who Counts?

Author : Diane M. Nelson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822375079
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Who Counts? written by Diane M. Nelson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson explores the social life of numbers, teasing out the myriad roles math plays in Guatemalan state violence, economic exploitation, and disenfranchisement, as well as in Mayan revitalization and grassroots environmental struggles. In the aftermath of thirty-six years of civil war, to count—both numerically and in the sense of having value—is a contested and qualitative practice of complex calculations encompassing war losses, migration, debt, and competing understandings of progress. Nelson makes broad connections among seemingly divergent phenomena, such as debates over reparations for genocide victims, Ponzi schemes, and antimining movements. Challenging the presumed objectivity of Western mathematics, Nelson shows how it flattens social complexity and becomes a raced, classed, and gendered skill that colonial powers considered beyond the grasp of indigenous peoples. Yet the Classic Maya are famous for the precision of their mathematics, including conceptualizing zero long before Europeans. Nelson shows how Guatemala's indigenous population is increasingly returning to Mayan numeracy to critique systemic inequalities with the goal of being counted—in every sense of the word.

The Masses are the Ruling Classes

Author : William Epstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190467088
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Masses are the Ruling Classes written by William Epstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Masses are the Ruling Classes proposes the radical, yet seemingly innocuous view that social policy in the United States is determined by mass consent. Contemporary explanations of decision making in the US typically attribute power over policy making to a variety of hidden forces and illegitimate elites holding the masses innocent of their own problems. Yet the enormous openness of the society and near-universal suffrage sustain democratic consent as more plausible than the alternatives -- conspiracy, propaganda, usurpation, autonomous government, and imperfect pluralism. Contrary to prevailing explanations, government is not either autonomous or out of control, business and wealthy individuals have not usurped control of the nation, large segments of the population are not dispossessed of the vote or of a voice in public affairs, and the media has not formed a conspiracy with Hollywood and liberals to deny Americans their God-given freedoms. Despite the multitude of problems that the nation faces, its citizens are not oppressed. In this pithy yet provocative book, Epstein argues that Democracy in the United States is not progressive but is instead populist, and that the core of the populist ideology is romantic rather than pragmatic.

Pillage

Author : Obert Skye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781606416808
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Pillage written by Obert Skye and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a new trilogy. When 15-year-old Beck Phillips travels by train to the secluded village of Kingsplot to live with his wealthy but estranged uncle, Beck discovers some dark family secrets.

Complicit

Author : Mark Gilbert
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470885513
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Complicit written by Mark Gilbert and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened. Subprime mortgages have been center stage, but behind the scenes a conspiracy of greed among bankers, investors, rating agencies and regulators has imperiled everyone's financial future. We need to know what went wrong and how to change the practices that led to this calamity. Bloomberg columnist Mark Gilbert shows how Wall Street's tolerance for extremes made the global credit crunch both foreseeable and inevitable. He offers a blow-by-blow account of what went wrong and what lessons need to be learned from the crisis. Gilbert's argument—that everyone with skin in the money game had a vested interest in pretending that nothing could go awry—is a well-defended, compelling indictment of the financial community. Gilbert is able to make complex financial events easy to understand. His outlook is truly global: this financial crisis respects no geographical boundaries, and Gilbert draws on anecdotes and examples from around the world to make his case.

Rape Loot Pillage

Author : Sara Meger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190277661
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Rape Loot Pillage written by Sara Meger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rape Loot Pillage offers a new framework for understanding conflict-related sexual violence based on feminist international political economy. By looking at patterns of contemporary conflict, this book proposes a new typology of wartime sexual violence that ties the 'value' of this violence to the politico-economic objectives of the perpetrators in different conflict contexts.