Jeff Madrick is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, a former economics columnist for The New York Times, and editor of Challenge magazine. He is an adjunct professor of humanities at The Cooper Union, and senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School. His previous books include The End of Affluence and Taking America, and he has written for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Institutional Investor, The Nation, and The American Prospect.
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“A fascinating and deeply disturbing tale of hypocrisy, corruption,
and insatiable greed. . . . A much-needed reminder of just how we
got into the mess we’re in.”
—The New York Review of Books
“Compelling . . . Important . . . Age of Greed abounds with
powerful men, ugly fights, infamous scandals, twists and turns,
and, true to the book’s title, lots of shameless cupidity.”
—The Washington Post
“Richly detailed and often riveting. . . Clear and compelling. . .
A must-read.”
—The Huffington Post
“Bold. . . Readers will find worthwhile stories in these
pages.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“The timing could not be better for a book like Age of Greed . . .
A solid review of half a century of economic history . . . A
commendable compendium.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Excellent . . . Straightforward . . . We owe Madrick thanks for
what he has done.”
—The American Prospect
“A compelling and worthy read. Madrick is an able journalist; an
excellent and cogent storyteller in a field that often defies the
straightforward plot or easy explanation—economics.”
—Salon
“Persuasive . . . Vivid . . . As a comprehensive survey of the way
institutions work together to create wealth for a few individuals
and destroy it for a mass of others, Age of Greed deserves
attention.”
—The Columbus Dispatch
“Madrick pulls no punches . . . Readers who want to understand
where we are, how we got here, and some possible outcomes will
repay their investment in reading time if they pick up this new
volume.”
—Free Lance-Star
“Age of Greed is lucid and compelling because of its
character-driven nature.”
—Dallas Morning News
“Meticulous . . . Madrick makes a good case—and financial news
junkies will savor it.”
—Boulder Daily Camera
“Jeff Madrick has written one of those rare, wonderful books
that allow us to understand a huge and important historical
development that we may not have realized was a coherent and
coordinated series of events. Madrick’s account of Alan
Greenspan’s ideologically-driven mistakes alone is worth the price
of admission, but it is but one course in a feast of wonderful
reporting and writing. If you want to know what has happened to
your country, read this book.”
—Robert G. Kaiser, author of So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of
Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
“Jeff Madrick’s devastating biography of greed is rife with
carefully documented cautionary tales of the rich, greedy and
unregulated, which collectively constitute the definitive answer to
Milton Friedmanesque laissez faire economics.”
—Victor Navasky, author of Kennedy Justice
“In Jeff Madrick’s important new book, Age of Greed, we are
introduced to some of the best and brightest moneychangers in the
murky world of high finance.”
—Gay Talese, author of A Writer's Life
“Madrick tells us who did what and how they did it—the ideologues,
demagogues, corporate titans, and crooks. A wonderfully insightful
but deeply troubling account of the movers and shakers who toppled
America.”
—Robert B. Reich, author of Aftershock: The Next Economy and
America’s Future
“This is a book that bears reading by everyone with an interest in
the American economy and the American future.”
—David Nasaw, author of The Chief: The Life of William Randolph
Hearst
“Madrick provides a powerful story of the damage done to our nation
by hubris, delusions and lust for money.”
—David Cay Johnston, author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest
Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You
with the Bill)
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