Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, And The Long Con That Is Breaking America Quotes
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.
Our leaders know we’re turning into a giant ghetto and they are taking every last hubcap they can get their hands on before the rest of us wake up and realize what’s happened.
America is no longer a country that cares about experts. In fact, it hates experts. If you can't fit a story into the culture-war storyline in ten seconds or less, it dies.
Gross Domestic Product—the substitution, in effect, of ideas for physical value.
intrusive government and layer upon layer of regulatory red tape. When
lenders to trade their long-term income streams for short-term cash. Say