The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance FraudstersGreg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, Karachi to Santiago, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation, globally. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his acerbic wit and no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership, worldwide. This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful and influential writing of the past decade. His columns in the Observer have a cult following and he made headline news when he went undercover for the Observer to break open the 'Lobbygate' scandal of corruption inside the Blair Cabinet. Included here are his reports on that story, which earned him the distinction of being the first journalist ever to be personally attacked on the floor of Parliament by a prime minister; his celebrated Washington Post exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, which made him "a legend and a hero on the Internet" (Alan Colmes / Fox Radio) when it ran in Salon.com; and recent stories on George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies, and the business-created 'energy crisis.' Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters. |
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... Balfour Beatty . The Swiss government has obliged prosecutors with details of bank accounts traceable to some of the accused . While Balfour Beatty's consortium is in the dock in Lesotho , the company is drawing down funds backed by the ...
... Balfour Beatty . The Swiss government has obliged prosecutors with details of bank accounts traceable to some of the accused . While Balfour Beatty's consortium is in the dock in Lesotho , the company is drawing down funds backed by the ...
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... Balfour B : [ reading from the letter ] “ I DO NOT DENY THE ACCURACY OF THE WORDS ATTRIBUTED TO ME IN THE ARTICLE . " Oh . For their helpful clarification , Balfour Beatty won a Golden Vulture Award , which I offered to deposit in a ...
... Balfour B : [ reading from the letter ] “ I DO NOT DENY THE ACCURACY OF THE WORDS ATTRIBUTED TO ME IN THE ARTICLE . " Oh . For their helpful clarification , Balfour Beatty won a Golden Vulture Award , which I offered to deposit in a ...
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... Balfour Beatty 130 , 132 , 133-4 Ballmer , Steve 183 Balls , Ed 157 , 160 , 162 , 171 banana dispute 70 Bangaladesh 120 Bank of America 187 Bank of Scotland 84-6 , 89-90 , 188 banks branch closures 186 , 188-9 discrimination 187-8 ...
... Balfour Beatty 130 , 132 , 133-4 Ballmer , Steve 183 Balls , Ed 157 , 160 , 162 , 171 banana dispute 70 Bangaladesh 120 Bank of America 187 Bank of Scotland 84-6 , 89-90 , 188 banks branch closures 186 , 188-9 discrimination 187-8 ...
Contents
Forewords by Joe Conason and Will Hutton ix | 1 |
Globalization and | 44 |
Small Towns Small Minds | 76 |
Copyright | |
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