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Matt taibbi, author of the new york times bestsellers insane clown president, the divide, griftopia, and the great derangement, is a contributing editor for rolling stone and winner of the 2008 national magazine award for columns and commentary. Written with forensic zeal and righteous rage, this is an exploration of an unprecedented wealth gap that is not just changing the uss economic life, but transforming the meaning of r. The divide by matt taibbi approaches the complicated topic of the unequal treatment of defendants in the united states criminal justice system based on wealth, through individual stories and rarely heard cases revealed in court proceedings in the us, bankers and financial officials whose unethical and illegal behavior. From the only political writer in america that matters comes a collection of his best reportage about the worst of times harford advocate. Matt taibbi divide american injustice in the age of the. Matt taibbi dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracys uncertain future, by the countrys most perceptive and fearless political journalist. American injustice in the age of the wealth gap is a 2014 nonfiction book by journalist matt taibbi about income inequality in the united states and its impact on the american conception of justice and the legal system.
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