It Takes a Pillage by Nomi Prins
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.
Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and Chase have all employed Nomi Prins. She has contributed to the New York Times, Newsday, Fortune, and The Guardian, as well as appearing on a variety of international media outlets. She is a senior fellow at Demos, a public policy think tank in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780983916048 |
| ISBN 10 | 0983916047 |
| Title | It Takes a Pillage |
| Author | Nomi Prins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Swn Books |
| Year published | 2013-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
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