General Information

Author/Creator

Taibbi, Matt, 1970-

Language

English.

Published

New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2014.

Physical Description

xxiii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Matt Taibbi's genius is in untangling complex stories and making us care about them by providing striking moral clarity and a genuine sense of outrage. He has become among the most read journalists in America, leading the dialogue with epic Rolling Stone pieces that offer an "almost startling reminder of the power of good writing" (Washington Post). In this new work, he once again takes readers into the biggest, most urgent story in America: a widening wealth gap that is not only reshaping our economic life, but changing our core sense of right and wrong. The wealthy 1% operate with near impunity, while everyone else finds their very existence the subject of massive law enforcement attention: from stop-and-frisk programs and the immigrant dragnet to invasive surveillance and the abuse of debtors. Driven by immersive reporting, this is a stunning look into the newest high-stakes divide in our country: between a lawless aristocracy of hyperwealth and the rest of us, living under the shadow of an incipient American police state"-- from the publisher

Subjects

Subject

Social justice > United States.

Income distribution > United States.

Rich people > United States.

Poor > United States.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Matt Taibbi ; illustrations by Molly Crabapple.

Content

Introduction -- 1. Unintended consequences -- 2. Frisk and stop -- 3. The man who couldn't stand up -- 4. The greatest bank robbery you never heard of -- 5. Border trouble, part 1 -- 6. Border trouble, part 2 -- 7. Little frauds -- 8. Collateral consequences.

ISBN

9780812993424

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	303.3/72 TAI		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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