global financial crisis, 2008-2009

In Predator Nation, Ferguson exposes the networks of academic, government, and congressional influence?in all recent administrations, including Obama's?that prepared the path to conquest. He reveals how once-revered figures like Alan Greenspan and Larry Summers have become mere courtiers to the elite. And based on many newly released court filings, he details the extent of the crimes?there is no other word?committed in the frenzied chase for storied wealth that marked the 2000s. And, finally, he lays out a brief plan of action for how we might take it back.

Easy-to-understand terms explain what led to the economic crisis and what's being done to pull the United States and other countries out. While there are no easy answers, readers will be able to develop informed opinions about the issues.

Chronicles the events leading up to the economic crash in 2008 by following the lives of various individuals, including Steve Eisman, Vincent Daniel, Michael Burry, Greg Lippmann, Gene Park, Howie Hubler, and others.

Dramatizes the events surrounding the 2008 financial crisis and bailout and the relationship between Wall Street and the government.

Neil Barofsky, who had access to the inner circles in the Bush and Obama administrations, offers his own observations and knowledge about the $700 billion TARP bailout fund, arguing that corruption in Washington made it easy for the money to be misused.

Examines the financial crisis of the early twenty-first century and how powerful people in finance and politics have wrestled with the problem, and analyzes secret alliances and human dramas amid the bankruptcy of investment banks such as Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.

Examines the roots of the recession of the early twenty-first century, discusses how the economic downturn was addressed and its effects, and describes how people live through a recession.

Argues that the financial sector is taking over America causing it to become one of the most unequal and unfair societies, and offers a plan of action to take back the country.

Explains how the world economy works, what caused the recent global financial crisis, and discusses the economic future.

The author describes his role as the special inspector general in charge of overseeing the spending of the $700 billion TARP bailout in 2008, and discusses the fraud, corruption, and hostility that he witnessed from Treasury and bank officials. Argues that the bailout sacrificed the average citizen to save Wall Street.