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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy : An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters
by Greg Palast
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780745318462 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the
courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and
financial manipulation in the US and abroad. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among
magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership.
This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful writing of the past decade. Included here are his celebrated Washington Post expose on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, which made him "a legend and a hero on the Internet" (Alan Colmes/Fox Radio) when it ran in Salon.com; his reporting on the corruption at the heart of the Blair government and recent stories on George W. Bush's payoffs to corporate cronies, the payola behind Hillary Clinton and the faux energy crisis. Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs and letters.
Book News Annotation:
Eight updated articles by award-winning iconoclastic reporter Palast
represent some of the better known stories he has investigated such
as the purge of African-Americans from Florida's voter registry, the
iron triangle of globalization, and big money in dirty places. He
also reflects on being an American exile in London. Distributed in
the US by Stylus.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Review:
"The journalist I admire most. [Palast's] amazing work puts all the rest of us journalists to shame. I'm an avid reader of everything Palast writes — can never get enough of it." George Monbiot, The Guardian
Review:
"[Palast's reports] created shockwaves which have yet to die... outstanding journalism." Industrial Society, for investigative story of the year
Synopsis:
These articles written by Greg Palast expose some of the most egregrious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation, globally. Included here are stories on the corruption of the Blair government and George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies.
Table of Contents
Jim Crow in cyberspace : the unreported story of how they fixed the vote in Florida — The best democracy money can buy : the Bushes and the billionaires who love them — California reamin' : deregulation and the power pirates — Sell the Lexus, burn the olive tree : globalization and its discontents — Inside corporate America — Pat Robertson, General Pinochet, Pepsi-Cola and the anti-Christ : special investigative reports — Small towns, small minds — Kissing the whip : reflections of an American in exile — Appendix: Your turn : resources for action.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780745318462
- Subtitle:
- An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Pluto Press
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Political
- Subject:
- Practical Politics
- Subject:
- Democracy
- Subject:
- Corporations
- Subject:
- Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations
- Subject:
- Political corruption
- Subject:
- Political Process - General
- Subject:
- Political Ideologies - Democracy
- Copyright:
- 2002
- Edition Description:
- Revised American ed.
- Series Volume:
- 10194
- Publication Date:
- 20020220
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 9.30x6.32x.69 in. .97 lbs.
