First published 2017
New York Times bestselling authors Richard Belzer and David Wayne investigate systematic corporate abuse of the American public. The authors examine how major industries manipulate citizens through coordinated campaigns of deception and exploitation. They reveal how mainstream media controls public perception while big banks and mortgage companies stole trillions during the housing crisis. The investigation exposes pharmaceutical and oil company schemes alongside the dangerous alliance between politicians and lobbyists. Belzer and Wayne document how corporations knowingly sell deadly products because victim compensation costs less than fixing problems. They uncover Pentagon waste, including $1.5 trillion in taxpayer funds allocated to corporate partners for unnecessary military equipment. The book demonstrates how energy lobbies have shaped decades of American foreign policy to benefit petroleum, natural gas, and coal interests. This exposé arms readers with knowledge about corporate manipulation tactics and challenges them to resist economic exploitation by powerful business interests.
Genres: business, american, political-science, economics, non-fiction, activism
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: expose, whistleblower
248 pages · ebook · Skyhorse