Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History

How did we get here? How did a country brimming with wealth and confidence as it greeted the twenty-first century turn into a shrieking basket case in a mere decade? Matt Taibbi--possibly the most passionately loved political journalist of his generation--takes readers into the halls of American financial, political, and media power and details the dramatic series of events that led to what he calls a "silent coup d'