Wildfire: The Legislation That Ignited the Great Recession

by Robert Srote

Wildfire takes you on a spectacular journey into the murky depths of the Great Recession from the perspective of an average American taxpayer, not a financial executive. Poignant accounts of political corruption and carefully calculated consumer deceit are conveyed in short-order. Startling misuse of taxpayer money is revealed, from hip-hop auto show dancers to Big Game commercials. Metaphorical links between baseball and business are just one means by which the author explains, in layman's terms, how America slipped into its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The revolving door syndrome is explained and investigated as a form of legal bribery run amuck within America’s political system. You will learn how businesses deemed Too Big to Fail hoodwinked taxpayers’ twice; initially to ignite the Great Recession and once more to prolong it. Wildfire aims to stage an intervention to cure America’s addiction to financial excess by offering specific common-sense solutions for America’s detoxification.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 11, 2011