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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons and High Finance Fraudsters
Greg Tobin
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Description for The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons and High Finance Fraudsters
Paperback. Palast, an investigative reporter, spent five years trying to find out what is really going on in politics and big business. In this volume he reveals what PR companies, lobbyists and politicians spend their time keeping hidden. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPHV; KCS; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488. Good copy with some shelf wear
Palast, an investigative reporter, spent five years trying to find out what is really going on in politics and big business. In this volume he reveals what PR companies, lobbyists and politicians spend their time keeping hidden. Using sources inside the global institutions he establishes that the IMF and the World Bank serve the interests of the very rich in Europe and America. In a series of sting operations he reveals how far the Labour government was prepared to go in its attempts to gain the support of big business, and his report on the American presidental election makes it ... Read more
Palast, an investigative reporter, spent five years trying to find out what is really going on in politics and big business. In this volume he reveals what PR companies, lobbyists and politicians spend their time keeping hidden. Using sources inside the global institutions he establishes that the IMF and the World Bank serve the interests of the very rich in Europe and America. In a series of sting operations he reveals how far the Labour government was prepared to go in its attempts to gain the support of big business, and his report on the American presidental election makes it ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Robinson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841197142
SKU
KRA0005163
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Greg Tobin
Greg Palast's undercover reports and his column in The Observer won the Financial Times David Thomas Prize. Salon.com chose his report on the US elections in 2000 as 'Political Story of the Year'. Greg Palast divides his time between London and New York.
Reviews for The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons and High Finance Fraudsters
Essential reading for anyone who feels that the principles which politicians constantly spout are being eroded by those very same people . . .a shocking exercise in investigation, this ought to be required reading.
Leon McDermott, Big Issue in Scotland
Palast demands to be read.
The Good Book Guide
Those in authority will not agree, but ... Read more
Leon McDermott, Big Issue in Scotland
Palast demands to be read.
The Good Book Guide
Those in authority will not agree, but ... Read more