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Vulture's Picnic (2012)

by Greg Palast(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1780336527 (ISBN13: 9781780336527)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Constable

review 1: It's difficult to gauge the accuracy of the facts presented, but boy is the author convincing...This book is downright scary.The book is basically a long tirade of the evil deeds of mostly energy companies but also provides a nice summary of how the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act (separation of commercial and investment banking) brought about the global economic crisis. Palast's style is similar to a gumshoe detective in a noir novel, which I found irritating at first but got used to. Feel free to skip the first chapter which is more rambling than anything else.Warning: You will get angry and feel helpless that there isn't much you can do to change the system, but this book will certainly change your perspective on how some companies make a profit and how we're pawns in... more their game.
review 2: Disjointed and hard to follow at times, at least partly because I'm not nearly as savvy about this topic as I should be. This is must-know stuff if you care about 1) the environment 2) the wealthy -vs- the poor and how they keep themselves -vs- how they are kept that way 3) how countries are set up to be bought and sold by big corporations 4) (space available).Not sure what Palast book to read next--The Best Democracy Money Can Bu or Armed Madhouse, but either will be worth the read. less

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