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officerdean's review
4.0
This book compressed so much information, and contained so many names, it is only possible to retain a small fraction of it. Each chapter could easily be its own book. Once I finished I realized that deregulation is not the answer and the Federal Reserve is not the answer. The answer lies somewhere in the middle.
babsellen's review
4.0
A bit of a slog to read but the information contained in this book should be realized by all Americans. It tells us how we got to the present omnipotence of the Big Banks - how each administration from T. Roosevelt and beyond bowed at least in part and at most nearly completely to the will of the bankers, corporations, and Wall Street until we arrived at "too big to fail." The scourge of the corporate banking community runs roughshod not only over the US economy and policy making, but has wreaked havoc worldwide, particularly in Latin America. A good companion piece to the eye-opening (and more compellingly written) Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, if you wish to torture yourself with outrage.
treehuggeranonymous's review
2.0
I liked the links that were made throughout to the 2008 crisis. Though as a whole it was a bit repetitive and maybe a little less in depth than I would like
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