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John Hively

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Business & Investing, Young Adult

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John Hively is the author of "The Rigged Game: Corporate America and a People Betrayed," and Owen Beckett: Guardian of the Book of Magic.

Owen Beckett is a YA fantasy novel. The Rigged Game is nonfiction which shows the political and economic mechanics of how income and wealth are redistributed from working people to the rich. Hively does this by showing how all recessions begin in the financial market."The Rigged Game" has been largely ignored by the mainstream press, but it has gotten outstanding reviews from several sources, include the academic journal, The Journal of Economic Issues.

Hively has predicted the coming of every recession since 1989. ...more

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The Rigged Game: Corporate America and a People Betrayed

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Supreme Court Fantasy Stories and Their Constitutional Violations

Fantasy writers create rules when world-building. The rules limit what can occur within the imaginary world they build. J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling have been among the best fantasy writers. Supreme Court justices have also crafted fantasy stories throughout its history.

The world-building rules vary among authors. For example, in Rowling’s Harry Potter books, magic wands choose their wizard

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Best book on why the US government financially supports the Apartheid Nazi's of Israel in its genocide of the Palestinians and anybody else who stands in its Nazi way of doing whatever it wants to do to anybody. The book shows how wealthy United Stat ...more
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The book is a bit humorous, and short.
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Excellent book. What a great imagination JK Rowling possesses! I read the book more than 25 years ago, and reread it and finished it on June 7, 2026. It was just as wonderful now as it was then.
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John Hively rated a book really liked it Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran by Flynt Leverett	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 is the book if you want to push past the propaganda the corporate news media has crafted when it comes to Iran.
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Great book. Best research on a forbidden subject. Corporations got 14th Amendment rights with lies from Supreme Court Justices. Kind of tedious at times, still well written, and worth the read.
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Great book about a great basketball player.
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Kind of boring, but informative book. Basically, the author tries to define corruption throughout history without coming to a conclusion.
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