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How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)

How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)

How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)

By David Cay Johnston

By David Cay Johnston

By David Cay Johnston

By David Cay Johnston

By David Cay Johnston
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By David Cay Johnston
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Dec 30, 2008 | ISBN 9781591842484

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Dec 27, 2007 | ISBN 9781101216514

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Dec 27, 2007 | 380 Minutes

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    About Free Lunch

    Free Lunch answers the great mystery of our time: How did our strong and growing economy give way to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and fear for millions of Americans? Acclaimed reporter David Cay Johnston reveals how government policies and spending have reached deep into the wallets of the many to benefit the top 1% of the wealthiest.

    He shows exactly who has been getting free lunches from the government?from $100 million to Warren Buffett, to $1.3 billion to the owners of the Yankees and Mets. But of course there?s really no such thing as a free lunch. The taxpayer always picks up the bill. With his in depth reporting, vivid stories, and sharp analysis, Johnston reveals the forces that shape our everyday economic lives?and shows us how we can finally make things better.

    About Free Lunch

    The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposé

    How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans? Free Lunch provides answers to this great economic mystery of our time, revealing how today’s government policies and spending reach deep into the wallets of the many for the benefit of the wealthy few.

    Johnston cuts through the official version of events and shows how, under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of regulations quietly went into effect– regulations that thwart competition, depress wages, and reward misconduct. From how George W. Bush got rich off a tax increase to a $100 million taxpayer gift to Warren Buffett, Johnston puts a face on all of the dirty little tricks that business and government pull. A lot of people appear to be getting free lunches, but of course there’s no such thing as a free lunch, and someone (you, the taxpayer) is picking up the bill.

    Johnston’s many revelations include:
     How we ended up with the most expensive yet inefficient health-care system in the world
     How homeowners title insurance became a costly, deceitful, yet almost invisible oligopoly
     How our government gives hidden subsidies for posh golf courses
     How Paris Hilton’s grandfather schemed to retake the family fortune from a charity for poor children
     How the Yankees and Mets owners will collect more than $1.3 billion in public funds

    In these instances and many more, Free Lunch shows how the lobbyists and lawyers representing the most powerful 0.1 percent of Americans manipulated our government at the expense of the other 99.9 percent.

    With his extraordinary reporting, vivid stories, and sharp analysis, Johnston reveals the forces that shape our everyday economic lives and shows us how we can finally make things better.

    About Free Lunch

    The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposé.

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    About David Cay Johnston

    David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who has been called the “de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States.” His most recent books, Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch, were New York Times bestsellers. He was a reporter for the New York Times for 13 years and… More about David Cay Johnston

    About David Cay Johnston

    David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who has been called the “de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States.” His most recent books, Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch, were New York Times bestsellers. He was a reporter for the New York Times for 13 years and… More about David Cay Johnston

    About David Cay Johnston

    David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who has been called the “de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States.” His most recent books, Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch, were New York Times bestsellers. He was a reporter for the New York Times for 13 years and… More about David Cay Johnston

    Product Details

    Category: Politics | Economics | Management

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Portfolio
    Dec 30, 2008 | 336 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781591842484

    Category: Politics | Economics | Management

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Portfolio
    Dec 27, 2007 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781101216514

    Category: Politics | Economics | Management | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Dec 27, 2007 | 380 Minutes | ISBN 9781429592284
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