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In griftopia, a relentlessly disturbing, penetrating exploration of the root causes of the trauma that upended economic security in millions of american homes. Matt taibbi is a contributing editor for rolling stone and winner of the 2008 national magazine award for columns and commentary. Youre terrified by the greedy hacks that control our economic and social life, but you cant turn away, youre forced to listen to the unraveling of a once great. Bubble machines, vampire squids and the long con that is breaking america, tries to make the subject even clearer in the colorful language taibbis readers know well.
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