how the wealthiest Americans enrich themselves at government expense (and stick you with the bill)
David Cay Johnston.
New York
Portfolio
2008
(viii, 323 pages)
Without even asking --; Mr. Reagan's question --; Trust and consequences --; Chinese magnetism --; Seizing the commons --; Pride and profits --; Your land is my land --; Bounty hunters --; Goin' fishin' --; Just say no --; Beauty and the bounty --; False alarm --; Home robbery --; Indentured scholars --; Selling the furniture --; Suffer the little children --; Trojan horse --; Sightless sheriffs --; Paying twice --; Rising snow --; Unhealthy economics --; Less for more --; Hooked on drugs --; "I'm being trapped" --; None dare call it stealing --; Not since Hoover --; Conclusions : what to do?
How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans? This book answers this great economic question, revealing how today's government policies and spending benefit the wealthy. Johnston shows how, under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of regulations quietly went into effect--thwarting competition, depressing wages, and rewarding misconduct. Revelations include: how we ended up with the most expensive yet inefficient health-care system in the world; how homeowners' title insurance became a costly, deceitful, yet almost invisible oligopoly; how our government gives hidden subsidies for posh golf courses; how baseball team owners will collect more than