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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Hardcover – April 8, 2014

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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Spiegel & Grau; First Edition edition (April 8, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 081299342X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812993424
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.6 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhatever your viewpoint, this book likely will change it.
By Steven G Duff on April 20, 2014
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You could bookend this with Christa Freeland's "Plutocrats." But where that recounts a lot of dry history and statistics interspersed with its revealing interviews, Taibbi isn't afraid to roll up his sleeves and go to the story. This is a book written with a wry sense of the absurd situations it details. Corruption at both the top and the bottom of our society. But to very, very different ends.

Remember: this is the guy that went to the Florida "rocket docket" court, recording how thousands of people were stripped of their homes under the flimsiest pretexts, often with outright fabricated evidence. In "Divide" he goes again where the stories are: to Bed-Sty, the outer NYC boroughs, and the courts. And documents how miserably the system treats the disadvantaged. What you think you know from "Law And Order", believe it: you don't. Kafka himself couldn't improve on some of this. At one point Taibbi refers to all this as a "descent into madness." And after reading it, it's hard to argue with that.

The "Divide" of course is cash. But this is no screed against "the rich." If that's what you think you've not read the book, or completely missed the point. To wit: if you commit a massive, white-collar crime, but you've got enough (i.e. near-infinite) cash, you're now too much trouble and risk to even indict, let alone prosecute. And if -- like me - you've wondered why none of the people who committed these global frauds on a massive scale have ever been prosecuted for any of it, this book gives you a detailed, compelling, and depressing answer.

Taibbi points out most of us will never see any of this. Out of sight, out of mind. The poor are segregated away.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDepressing, but necessary read
By Keith Sowa on April 14, 2014
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In this book, Taibbi further explores themes he touched on in Griftopia, where he discussed in exceptionally fine detail the various cons, swindles, and other criminal activity (to call it what it is, really, since it seems like so many avoid doing that) perpetrated by the American finance sector during the 2008 financial crisis. Although it's not really necessary, I'd read that book before I read this one, because it provides a lot of background, and just because the contents of that book explain that debacle better than anyone else could, or even bothered to.

As opposed to recounting what happened like he did in Griftopia, The Divide explains how the crooks at places like Lehman Brothers got away with what they did, or rather, how they did so in full view of regulators and then dodged prosecution by the Department of Justice. He juxtaposes this with the "other" justice system the opposite end of the wealth spectrum is subject to. Perhaps this isn't a new concept that Taibbi or anyone else just figured out - fans of Chappelle's Show might remember the Law & Order parody where Dave switched the white collar criminal and the drug dealer? - but in any case Taibbi draws this contrast to stark effect. The wealthy are more or less immune to prosecution no matter how egregious their crimes are, especially in the context of their work, due to any combination of the details being too arcane or the government being unable/unwilling to effectively investigate or prosecute.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must Read
By Joel Schwalb on April 11, 2014
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Once again, Matt Taibbi get it right. If you are at all concerned about the future of real justice replacing our present system of justice in Ameica, you must read this book. Taibbi makes it crystal clear that the "Divide" is real and that if you are an executive of a large corporation, you can get away with huge crimes with no personal penalty but if you are poor or middle class, you can pay a huge price for a minor infraction or some times no infraction other than being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is truly a major scandal that needs to be rectified. Read this book and let your voice be heard !
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5.0 out of 5 starsTaibbi is revealing truths about the US that are hard to take but necessary if we are ever to correct them.
By CYRBY on April 9, 2014
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Taibbi tells about the divide between rich and poor and how politicians foster conditions to maintain and increase the separation. There are more Americans in jail than ever were jailed in Stalin's Russian gulags for instance and the time to correct the situation is running out fast. The poor go to prison and the rich go to the Bahamas.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAuthor with each new book is becoming more mature, so far best Taibbi's book
By Helpful Advice TOP 500 REVIEWER on April 8, 2014
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With `The Divide' Matt Taibbi, an editor of Rolling Stone magazine, returns on the literary scene with his new work after with previous `Griftopia' and `The Great Derangement' he spoke about the America after 9/11 and activities that took place behind-the-scenes of the financial crisis in recent years.

In this last book he touched a theme that is extremely painful because it interferes with the justice and concerns a large number of people - he speaks about today's different ways of crimes persecution depending whether they were committed by poor people, while on the other hand the rich people lightly pull out of all the problems thanks to their money and influence, which it carries.

I read his earlier works and though I generally like the uncompromising style that the author fosters, it must be recognized that it is evident that the author with each new book is becoming more mature, and his stories that get better are deprived of general accusations.

Although it is usually not a subject when reviewing this type of book I cannot avoid to mention the great black-and-white illustrations that can be found on the pages of the book, the work of illustrator Molly Crabapple, depicting various motifs associated with justice.

The book is quite extensive, consisting of nearly 500 pages, but it seems that the author didn't need to prepare a lot to spoke with full inspiration about dissatisfaction today's (ordinary) man feels, while on the other side encounters injustice by looking at how those who have a lot, thanks to system are destined to have even more.

Therefore with full right can be said that this is the best Matt Taibbi's book that besides author fans can be recommended to other readers who have not yet been introduced to the work of this author and want to read a good quality non-fiction work.
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