Description
Book SynopsisAn unbiased look at how the economic practices of corporations, leaders, and government are severely damaging the American way of life Most of us have lived our lives by the rulesgoing to school, investing in real estate, and building careersbut the so-called Great Recession has changed everything. Cannibal Capitalism: How Big Business and the Feds Are Ruining America answers the questions on everyone''s lips; what happened and where do we go from here?
Unlike in most other recent instances of financial turbulence, when this crisis hit, the country turned on itself economically, with the powerhousescorporations, business leaders, and governmentthrowing the everyman under the bus. In an effort to avoid becoming slightly less rich, the super-rich effectively cannibalized the true engines of growth in the economy, in the process putting the bottom ninety-nine percent of the population at serious risk of losing everything. Cannibal Capitalism fights back, ar
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"...Hill's analysis of cannibal capitalism's hazards is well worth the attention of readers, especially Occupiers who have yet to hone a cohesive message." (USA Today, January 2012)
Table of Contents
Introduction vii
PART ONE: What's Wrong with Th is Picture? 1
Chapter One: Th e Face of Self-Destruction 3
Chapter Two: Putting the Cannibalism in Capitalism 15
Chapter Th ree: Suicide-Enabling Case Study: Crash of 2007-9 37
PART TWO: How Did We Get Here? 63
Chapter Four: Th e Evolution of Cannibal Capitalism 65
Chapter Five: Devolution of the Real Economy through Cannibal Capitalism 92
Chapter Six: Your Own Opinion or Own Facts? Selective Morality 103
PART THREE: Where AreWe Going? 113
Chapter Seven: Th e Choice of Health 115
Chapter Eight: Miseducation of the Masses 133
Chapter Nine: Power to the People 149
Chapter Ten: Bring the Money Home to Momma 181
Conclusion: Why Are We Promoting Economic Cannibalism? 196
