How Wall Street fleeces America : privatized banking, government collusion and class war / Stephen Lendman.

"Lendman contends that for over one hundred years powerful bankers have used their control over money, credit and debt for private self-enrichment, bankrolling and colluding with the US Congress and administrations to implement laws favouring them. As a result, decades of deregulation, outsourc...

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Main Author: Lendman, Stephen.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., [2011]
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Table of Contents:
  • Dirty secrets of the temple
  • Capitalism and freedom unmasked
  • Greenspan's dark legacy
  • A short history of government handouts to bankers and other corporate favorites
  • Quantitative easing: elixir or poison?
  • Fraud in America
  • Obama's anti-populist budget and deficit fix
  • The recession is over, the depression is just beginning
  • Manipulation: how markets really work
  • Goldman Sachs: master of the universe
  • Financialization: the rise of casino capitalism
  • Class warfare jeopardizing American workers' security
  • Waging war on America's workers
  • Permanent debt bondage from America's student loan racket
  • On the chopping block: social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and public pensions
  • The federal reserve abolition act
  • Public banking: an idea whose time has come.