Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America

By Charles H. Ferguson

Book Overview

Charles Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Academy Award-winning documentary, Inside Job, now reveals how rogues with influence have taken over the country and are driving it to financial and social ruin. In Predator Nation , Ferguson exposes the networks of academic, government, and congressional influence--in all recent administrations, including Obama's--that prepared the path to conquest. He reveals how once-revered figures like Alan Greenspan and Larry Summers have become mere courtiers to the elite. And based on many newly released court filings, he details the extent of the crimes--there is no other word--committed in the frenzied chase for storied wealth that marked the 2000s. And, finally, he lays out a brief plan of action for how we might take it back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307952568
• ISBN13: 9780307952561
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"