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It Takes a Pillage: An Epic Tale of Power, Deceit, and Untold Trillions Paperback – February 23, 2013

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"Nomi knows. Having been at Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins knows the mind-set, knows how to read spreadsheets, knows the people, and knows Wall Street's games. Nomi knows and now Nomi tells."
--Jim Hightower, author of "Swim against the Current"

"If you want to understand why Wall Street is disgraced but still calling the shots, you can't do better than the brilliantly written and documented It Takes a Pillage."
--Robert Kuttner, author of "Obama's Challenge"

After months of various drafts and political infighting, Congress finally passed, and President Obama signed into law, a bill that was supposedly the biggest financial reform bill in decades. The big question is, do the supporters of this bill really believe it will change Wall Street? Or do they simply hope it'll be enough to placate us so the status quo can be validated? Nomi Prins assumes the latter, because they can't be that naive, but time will tell.

In "It Takes a Pillage," former Wall Street insider turned muckraking journalist Nomi Prins explains how we are building a new bubble with more leverage, bigger bonuses, rampant speculation and fraud, amid extended unemployment and personal financial decline. The cowering of Washington bureaucrats in the face of the power and influence exerted by the Big Banks threatens the immediate economic well-being of us all.

The scariest part is that, for all the trillions that have been spent or remain committed to the bloated stalwarts of Wall Street, our economic system is still in disarray. Average Americans continue to struggle while the banks are once again rolling in outsized profits and obscene bonuses. "It Takes a Pillage" is packed with the information you need to understand the financial crisis and what has followed, and to gain deeper insight into how to fight for real change.

About the Author

NOMI PRINS is a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a senior fellow at Demos, who writes on corruption in Washington and on Wall Street for Fortune, Mother Jones, AlterNet, the New York Times, the Daily Beast, and other publications. She is a frequent guest on national radio and television, including NPR, The NewsHour, and various CNBC, CNN, and Fox TV programs. Her previous books are Black Tuesday, Other People's Money and Jacked. Visit her Web site at www.nomiprins.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SWN Books; Reprint edition (February 23, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 310 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0983916047
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0983916048
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
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Nomi Prins is a renowned author, journalist and speaker. Her new book, Collusion:How Central Bankers Rigged the World. Her last book, All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power, was published on April 8, 2014. Her prior book, Black Tuesday, was a historical novel about the 1929 crash. Before that, she wrote the hard-hitting, It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street. She is also the author of Other People's Money: The Corporate Mugging of America, which predicted the recent financial crisis, and was chosen as a Best Book of 2004 by The Economist, Barron's and The Library Journal, and Jacked: How "Conservatives" are Picking your Pocket (whether you voted for them or not.) She wrote the financial thriller, The Trail, under pseudonym, Natalia Prentice.

Before becoming an author, Nomi was a managing director at Goldman Sachs and a senior managing director at Bear Stearns. She has been a featured commentator on numerous TV programs including for: BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, CSPAN, Democracy Now, Fox and PBS. She has been featured on hundreds of radio shows including for CNNRadio, Marketplace, NPR, BBC, and Canadian Programming. She has been featured in international documentaries from the US, Norway, France, Germany and other places, alongside other prominent thought-leaders.

Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Newsday, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Slate, The Guardian, The Nation, LaVanguardia, and other publications.

Her website is http://www.nomiprins.com

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