If the assets werent sufficient to cover those policies (and they almost certainly would have covered just a fraction of the company's obligations), then the state also had public guaranty associations that would have kicked in to help ...
Considerado por buena parte de la crítica norteamericana (Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times...) uno de los mejores libros sobre las razones de la crisis financiera actual, Cleptopía es un preciso relato, lleno de humor negro y ...
The dramatic story behind the most audacious power grab in American history The global financial crisis isn’t past but prologue.
Taibbi tells the story of this new American madness by inserting himself into four defining American subcultures: The Military, where he finds himself mired in the grotesque black comedy of the American occupation of Iraq; The System, where ...
In twenty-five pieces from Rolling Stoneplus two original essaysMatt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilizations very own train wreck, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion.--Amazon.com.
"Explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police"--
An up-close look at the democratic race for the White House—it isn't pretty Spanking the Donkey is a campaign diary like no other.
A scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery. As poverty has gone up,...
A brilliant collection from one of the most entertaining political writers of today, Smells Like Dead Elephants is “the funniest angry book and the angriest funny book since Hunter S. Thompson roared into town” (James Wolcott).
"First trade edition published by OR Books/Counterpoint Press, 2019."--Title page verso.
As he narrates these incredible stories, he draws out and analyzes their common source: a perverse new standard of justice, based on a radical, disturbing new vision of civil rights.
Esta brecha es la que permite el fraude masivo e impune.
The "eXile" is the controversial tabloid founded by Ames and Taibbi that "Rolling Stone" has called "cruel, caustic, and funny" and "a must-read.
. . Taibbi is unsparing is his excoriation of the system, police, and courts. . . . This is a necessary and riveting work.”—Booklist (starred review)
I Can't Breathe tells the story of one man to tell the story of countless others, and the power of people to rise up against injustice.
As he narrates these incredible stories, he draws out and analyzes their common source: a perverse new standard of justice, based on a radical, disturbing new vision of civil rights.
In twenty-five pieces from Rolling Stone—plus two original essays—Matt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilization’s very own train wreck, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion.
In twenty-five pieces from Rolling Stone—plus two original essays—Matt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilization’s very own train wreck, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion.
One of the most important voices in contemporary American journalism - Independent Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to power - Bernie Sanders...
This is essential and hilarious reading that explores how the new America understands itself, and about the future of the world just beyond the horizon.