Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z

by James Bovard

Organized by subject, from Affirmative Action to Zoning Laws, a funny but chastening compendium offers absurd and outrageous examples of government ineptitude and intrusion on ordinary Americans' lives, liberties, and property rights. Reprint.

Genres: Economics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Is a libertarian author and lecturer whose political commentary targets examples of waste, failures, corruption, cronyism and abuses of power in government. He is the author of Attention Deficit Democracy, and eight other books. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New Republic, Reader's Digest, The American Conservative, and many other publications. His books have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean.