If you’re like me, the bubble economy of the turn of this century, how it burst, the economic crisis that followed, and what it means that those who were behind all this mess were ultimately bailed out at tax payers’ expense, has you by turns confused and angry. We may understand the machinations of elites and the manipulation of the rest of us in broad strokes, but the specifics are enough to make us cross-eyed.
I’ve looked for good reading material to help me decode the whole situation, and have found a lot of it very dense and difficult reading. … Read more “Book Review: Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America”