Infiltrated : how to stop the insiders and activists who are exploiting the financial crisis to control our lives and our fortunes / Jay W. Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Jay W. (Jay Wesley), 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial services industry--Government policy--United States.

Financial services industry.

Financial institutions--Government policy--United States.

Financial institutions.

Consumer credit--United States.

Consumer credit.

Debt--United States.

Debt.

Financial crises--United States.

Financial crises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 299 pages )

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A growing army of self-proclaimed activists, philanthropists, and politicians has infiltrated not only the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the FDIC, the Treasury, and other regulatory agencies. Richards reveals the shocking truth about the latest financial regulations, the Dodd-Frank Reform Act, and the war against free enterprise-- and what you can do to fight back.

Contents:

Prologue: The road of good intentions

The edge of the economy

Thinking clearly about usury and consumer credit

California gold

"50 million financial terrorists"

The philanthrocapitalists

"We're gonna drive your damn country into the Atlantic Ocean"

Meltdown

The official story

American dissent

An arbitrary and sovereign power

The ground assault

The war against free enterprise

Conclusion: What must be done.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780071816960

0071816968

OCLC:

865474343