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Simon & Schuster Audio, January 2012
Unabridged Compact Disk, 6 disks
ISBN-10: 1442344490
ISBN-13: 9781442344495
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Dylan Ratigan is mad as hell. Infuriated by government corruption and corporate communism, incensed by banksters shaking down taxpayers, and despairing of an ailing health care system, an age-old dependency on foreign oil, and a failing educational system, Ratigan sees an America that has allowed itself to be swindled and robbed. In this book, his first, he rips the lid off our deeply crooked system—and offers a way out. This country, now more than ever, needs passionate debate and smart policy, a brazen willingness to scrap what doesn’t work, and the entrepreneurial spirit to try what does. Ratigan has compiled brash and fresh solutions for building a new and better America, and with this book he has started the debate America deserves. With you, he wants to take back the country from the six vampires sucking this nation dry: • A political system in which lobbyists write legislation, lawmakers place “secret holds” to create more pork for their districts, and money drives the whole process. • A banking system that uses capital for speculation and debt creation, rather than productive investment. • A “master-slave” relationship with our Chinese bankers, making our corporations and politicians complicit in a system that rigs our currency and leaves us with permanent joblessness and massive trade deficits. • A health care system that is among the priciest and least sustainable in the industrialized world. • An educational system that prizes prestige but produces mediocrity. • An addiction to foreign oil that has sapped us of our willingness to innovate, made us reliant on inefficient technologies, and left us supportive of corrupt governments. To combat these vampires and to isolate the systematic ways in which our once productive industries and our government have been breached, Ratigan does not offer a grab bag of flimsy suggestions or useless hot air. Instead he provides readers with a set of values that together form the answer for how each of us can not only understand what has gone wrong—but join together to make it right.
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“This book might be the smelling salts that wake up America.”
-- Alan Grayson
“Greedy Bastards is superb. Dylan’s policy recommendations track with what the Committee for Economic Development has been saying on: health care, the federal deficit, corporate governance, education, a consumption tax, and campaign finance reform. His explanations are clear, and he nails health care with his criticism of the fee-for-service model. Greedy Bastards deserves wide readership!”
-- Charles Kolb, President of the Committee on Economic Development
“Some books explain a problem, this book gives you an entire world view. Greedy Bastards, puts everything in context and makes the enormity and entirety of our crises understandable. Dylan, as always, is incisive, sharp and pointed.”
-- Eliot Spitzer
“Greedy Bastards is a fantastic book! It has the perfect tone and is completely convincing.”
-- Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
“Exiles on Wall Street like us have a platform and a responsibility to speak out. Dylan's book shows that our problems don't stem from too much capitalism but not enough of it relative to our jerry-rigged system"
-- Mike Mayo, financial analyst and author of Exile on Wall Street
“Very sharp, funny, and splendidly written, Dylan Ratigan's new book is perfect for Americans disgusted with both our political parties who are trying to understand the roots of our broken economy and political system.”
-- Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Roosevelt Institute and author of Golden Rule
"Readers will find a great deal to ponder, as Ratigan covers why and how he's certain the USA is 'going seriously wrong.'"
-- USA Today
“Ratigan delivers an energetic, powerful, and at times unsettling portrait of America in crisis … And even though his portrait of the U.S. is bleak, he believes we have options.”
-- Publishers Weekly
“Greedy Bastards helps us better understand why we suffer recurrent, intensifying financial crises. First, cheating has become the dominant strategy in finance. Second, cheating is dominant because finance CEOs create such intensely perverse incentives that fraud becomes endemic.”
-- Bill Black, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
USA Today, January 15, 2012
...It is obvious from the title of this book by MSNBC television host Dylan Ratigan that this will not be a subtle observation of the business-government axis. Those who believe that income inequality throughout American society is a major ...
Yahoo! Finance, January 13, 2012
...rants come from outsiders, and as a result their diagnoses and prescriptions tend to be relatively simplistic. But Dylan Ratigan knows the system from the inside. He's a former reporter at Bloomberg, a CNBC anchor, and current host of the ...
Reuters, January 11, 2012
...Noam Scheiber is raving about Dylan Ratigan’s new book, giving it his highest praise: he calls it “sensible”. Which is maybe not obvious from the title, Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters ...
MSNBC, January 10, 2012
...MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan debuts his new book, “Greedy Bastards.” (Dylan Ratigan Show ...
Treehugger, January 10, 2012
...ABC Carpet & Home is presenting another installlment of Deepak Chopra's Conversation, and tonight's guests are Dylan Ratigan and Arianna Huffington. Ratigan, the fiery MSNBC host, has spearheaded the 'Get Money Out' movement and is releasing ...
MSNBC, January 9, 2012
...from our history and celebrate with a TODAY-inspired Dunkin' Donuts treat . Read an excerpt from msnbc's Dylan Ratigan's new book, "Greedy Bastards." Find more details about it at his website, GreedyBastards.com . Weigh in! Are Sydney ...
AllVoices, January 9, 2012
...Dylan Ratigan on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry portrayed one of Mitt Romney's strength's as a weakness: "How vulnerable do you think Mitt Romney could be in ...
Huffington Post, January 9, 2012
...MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan appeared Monday morning on NBC's "The Today Show" to discuss his new book on money and politics, " Greedy Bastards ," which will be released Tuesday. He described ...
Huffington Post, January 9, 2012
...MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan appeared Monday morning on NBC's "The Today Show" to discuss his new book on money and politics, " Greedy Bastards ," which will be released Tuesday. He described ...
AllVoices, January 9, 2012
...MSNBC pundit Dylan Ratigan has made no secret of his views on how corporate money is ruining America's democracy. The title of his new book, “Greedy Bastards,” says it all ...
Huffington Post, January 9, 2012
...getting money out of politics. (Want to learn even more? I go in depth in my new book Greedy Bastards). 1) The Candidate With More Money Wins: From the 2008 elections: "In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate ...
New York Observer, January 3, 2012
...The Observer?s call from a hotel room in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 39-year-old host of MSNBC?s The Dylan Ratigan Show sounded nothing like the man whose unhinged, frothing-at-the-mouth rants on unmitigated corporate greed went viral last ...
New York Observer, January 3, 2012
...s call from a hotel room in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 39-year-old host of MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show sounded nothing like the man whose unhinged, frothing-at-the-mouth rants on unmitigated corporate greed went viral last summer. Nor did ...
MyFox Orlando, December 11, 2011
...crowd. That’s certainly the consistent left-wing view on banks. Take formerly sane CNBC host turned MSNBC lunatic Dylan Ratigan (please). He loves the term “bankster” with all it entails. He even has a new book coming out titled ...
Huffington Post, December 9, 2011
...Video , Dylan Ratigan , Dylan Ratigan MSNBC , Dylan Ratigan Greedy Bastards , Ratigan , Ratigan Greedy Bastards , Ratigan Msnbc , Politics News share this story Get Politics Alerts Submit this story digg reddit stumble MSNBC ...
Huffington Post, December 9, 2011
...MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan provided a trailer exclusively to for his new book , Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry. Ratigan is "mad as ...
Virgin Group, December 6, 2011
...of talking heads planned to “screw business” finished the speech. Outside, posing for photos, MSNBC television show host Dylan Ratigan sympathised with Branson’s book title issues. “I’ve got a book coming out in January,” he ...
