Kyle Harrison
to-read
Griftopia
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
- Author
- Matt Taibbi
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 272
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Taibbi’s post-2008 tour of the machinery — the housing bubble, the commodities bubble, the bailout — written as a con rather than an accident.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by nathan shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) — a reading list on US empire, policing and disaster capitalism — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@schizophrenicreads/video/7460632962523008287
Connections
- Financial History — the case material.
- Capitalism — the subject.