It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street

by Nomi Prins

Book Overview

A former Wall Street manager turned muckraking journalist gets inside how the banks looted the Treasury, stole the bailout, and continued with business as usual We all watched as packs of former Big Financiers commandeered posts in Washington and lavished trillions in bailouts to "save" big Wall Street firms that used that money for anything and everything except to fill in Main Street's potholes. We all watched as Wall Street heavyweights fought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470529598
• ISBN13: 9780470529591
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"