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David Dayen

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David Dayen is a journalist who writes about economics and finance. He is the author of Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud, winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award. He is a contributing writer to Salon.com and The Intercept, and a weekly columnist for The Fiscal Times and The New Republic. He also writes for The American Prospect, Vice, The Huffington Post, In These Times, Naked Capitalism, and more. He has been a guest on MSNBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Current TV, Russia Today, NPR, Pacifica Radio and Air America Radio. He lives in Los Angeles, where prior to writing about politics he had a 15-year career as a television producer and editor.
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	Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud 4.22 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power 4.30 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Own the Future: Democratic Socialism—American Style by Kate Aronoff (Editor), Peter Dreier (Editor), Michael Kazin (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jacobin Italia n°3. Il nemico capitale della democrazia by Salvatore Cannavò (Editor), Luca Addante (Contributor), Marco Bertorello (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fat Cat: The Steve Mnuchin Story by Rebecca Burns, David Dayen (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy

by Isabella M. Weber

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David Dayen rated a book really liked it When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America’s Secret Justice System by Brendan Ballou (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A succinct yet detailed survey of forced arbitration, how it came to foreclose justice on all manner of consumer and labor disputes, and what can be done about it. Ballou's talent is to make people care about this arcane subject. ...more
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David Dayen rated a book really liked it Thrilling Tales of Modern Men: Stories by Danny McBride	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Pretty much every single character in these stories is Danny McBride, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. ...more
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David Dayen rated a book really liked it Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class by Noam Scheiber	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This won't let me rate it because it's pre-publication but I'll give it a 4 out of 5. The phenomenon the book describes is real: over-educated people in traditionally exploited jobs, living in an economy that doesn't work for them, and radicalized by ...more
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David Dayen rated a book it was amazing Anti-Monopoly: A Citizen’s Guide by Zephyr Teachout	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I blurbed this one so maybe no review here.
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David Dayen rated a book really liked it The Creativity Con: How Innovation Became America's Biggest Racket by Thomas Frank	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
At one level, this is a book that counts up the usage of the words "creativity" and "innovation" in public press releases over the past 50 years. At another, it defines something real: the persistent demand that the only thing that matters to the U.S ...more
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At one level, this is a book that counts up the usage of the words "creativity" and "innovation" in public press releases over the past 50 years. At another, it defines something real: the persistent demand that the only thing that matters to the U.S ...more
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