Just astonishing. How absolutely screwed we are. Taibbi might annoy you - he can be a bit dude-ish in his writing at times, merry with his hilarious teenager-esque spins on traditional curses ("douchewad" being my favorite) and quick to be hyperbolic when its suitable. But you cannot, simply canno...
I really enjoyed this book. It was terrifying and depressing and eye-opening. A relatively short read that's packed with content, it's worth your time. He does a fantastic job of explaining some very complicated things through the use of metaphors and analogies that get you pretty close to unders...
There has been a lot of media, reports and books describing the mismanagement of wall street and mortgages in to this gambling con. This book continues on that same story but in a broader context. There are tons of reviews which outline the book quite well so I will not recap it here. What I will sa...
I wanted to read something mean and funny, only to feel a bit bad when he says in the introduction he doesn't want to be that guy that people only think of because he's mean and funny, but still. Not bad otherwise, particularly for the look into the specific varieties of crazy out there. As a former...
Generally speaking, I'm a big fan of Matt Taibbi's writing. Having said that, I thought the introduction to the book was misleading. The introduction makes it sound like Congress, the military, 9/11 truthers and member's of Hagee's church will be given equal time when it's mostly about the church w...
If you have any interest in the financial crisis, why gas prices rise, or US politics of the last few years I highly recommend this book. Taibbi certainly has a way with words. His explains things clearly and is very open about his opinion on whatever the subject is. He covers a range of topics fr...
UPDATES - June 21, 2012 - at bottomYou don’t have to be Dorothy or “The One” to know that there is something foul going on behind the economic curtain. Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor at Rollingstone, rips away the misinformation that cloaks some of the most nefarious behavior in American history...
Wants to be HST, isn't, but that's okay after all. Also, pretend I gave it a 3.5I enjoyed reading this, it was great on the COMMUTE. I don't know enough about what he writes about to properly critique the book, but I learned something and appreciated his argument that people of all political affilia...
I actually had a lot to say about it, so feel free to go over to my blog and read my review on it.
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