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How You Got Screwed: What Big Banks, Big Government, and Big Business Don't Want You to Know—and What You Can Do About It
If you’re like most people, you want nothing more than a fair shot in a chance to seek out opportunities, work hard, and make your own way in this world. But as author Allen Marshall explains in How You Got Screwed, the game has been rigged, making it almost impossible for you to win.
How You Got Screwed explains exactly how the rules have been made to favor those in charge. Consider the financial system, which steals your earning power with money that doesn’t hold its value and lets banks break the law practically without consequence. Think about our politicians, who serve their donors and lobbyists, and a government more interested in serving itself than its people. And remember big business, which uses its money and political power to twist the rules in their favor, hurting you as a consumer, employee, and citizen.
Yes, the cards are stacked against you. But that’s only if you play by their rules. It’s time to play your own game—and How You Got Screwed is your guide to making the system work for you.
How You Got Screwed explains exactly how the rules have been made to favor those in charge. Consider the financial system, which steals your earning power with money that doesn’t hold its value and lets banks break the law practically without consequence. Think about our politicians, who serve their donors and lobbyists, and a government more interested in serving itself than its people. And remember big business, which uses its money and political power to twist the rules in their favor, hurting you as a consumer, employee, and citizen.
Yes, the cards are stacked against you. But that’s only if you play by their rules. It’s time to play your own game—and How You Got Screwed is your guide to making the system work for you.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2018
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October 8, 2023
I have never been a conspiracy theorist...
But after reading/studying this book, I think I need to be.
But after reading/studying this book, I think I need to be.
December 7, 2024
Sure is hella depressing to read but as the saying goes... Stay woke, kids.
July 28, 2020
Quite insightful and shocking in some ways, I liked the probabilistic and methodical data-approach this book took to incite some intriguing thoughts around Banking.
January 25, 2023
This should be required reading for all high schoolers. Simple, clear, interesting explanations for sticky topics that others take hundreds of tedious pages to dissect. There are a few typos in the paperback edition which are annoying but the message is there and it's a good one. Don't worry that the book is getting dated - it'll be relevant for another 6 years minimum.
February 10, 2023
A great example of what most "senior citizens" already know to be the case. The ubiquitous "THEY" have everyone else by the short and curlies and nothing we can really do about it. Kind of sets my teeth on edge to be reminded of our mutual helplessness in the face of all the legitimized thieves in the world.
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