| Description |
x, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Jacking up prices -- Corporate power unlimited -- Buffet buys a railroad -- Railroaded -- In twenty-ninth place and fading fast -- Profits upkeep commissions -- "We lead the industry with integrity" -- Paying other people's taxes -- Investors beware -- Playing with fire -- Draining pockets -- How we beat the garbage gougers and their stinking high prices -- Fee fatigue -- "Wells Fargo will take your house" -- Giving to Goldman -- Please die soon -- Your 201(k) plan -- Wimpy's tab -- Pfizer's bitter pill -- Hollywood robbery -- Silly software -- Pilfering your paycheck -- Of commas and character -- What it all means -- Solutions -- Adding it all up. |
| Summary |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch presents a sobering analysis of the ways everyday people are systematically victimized by corporate interests, revealing small-print tactics in commonplace consumer agreements while sharing recommendations for how to combat consumer-targeting abuses. |
| Subject |
Invoices.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
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| ISBN |
9781591843580: $27.95 |
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1591843588 |
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