Most Popular Books by Greg Palast

"Palast is astonishing, he gets the real evidence no one else has the guts to dig up." Vincent Bugliosi, author of None Dare Call it Treason and Helter Skelter Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation in the US and abroad. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership. This exciting collection, now revised and updated, brings together some of Palast''s most powerful writing of the past decade. Included here are his celebrated Washington Post exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris''s stealing of the presidential election in Florida, and recent stories on George W. Bush''s payoffs to corporate cronies, the payola behind Hillary Clinton, and the faux energy crisis. Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters.

The New York Times bestselling author of Armed Madhouse offers a globetrotting, Sam Spade-style investigation that blows the lid off the oil industry, the banking industry, and the governmental agencies that aren''t regulating either. This is the story of the corporate vultures that feed on the weak and ruin our planet in the process-a story that spans the globe and decades. For Vultures'' Picnic, investigative journalist Greg Palast has spent his career uncovering the connection between the world of energy (read: oil) and finance. He''s built a team that reads like a casting call for a Hollywood thriller-a Swiss multilingual investigator, a punk journalist, and a gonzo cameraman-to reveal how environmental disasters like the Gulf oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, and lesser-known tragedies such as Tatitlek and Torrey Canyon are caused by corporate corruption, failed legislation, and, most interestingly, veiled connections between the billionaires of financial industry and energy titans. Palast shows how the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Central Banks act as puppets and bandits for Big Oil. With Palast at the center of an investigation that takes us from the Arctic to Africa to the Amazon, Vultures'' Picnic shows how the big powers in the money and oil game slip the bonds of regulation over and over again, and simply destroy the rules that they themselves can''t write-and take advantage of nations and everyday people in the process.

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A close presidential election in November could well come down to contested states or even districts--an election decided by vote theft? It could happen this year. Based on Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.''s investigative reporting for Rolling Stone and BBC television, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps might be the most important book published this year--one that could save the election. Last week Billionaires & Ballot Bandits debuted on the NYT Bestseller list at #10 in paperback nonfiction. Billionaires & Ballot Bandits names the filthy-rich sugar-daddies who are super-funding the Super-PACs of both parties--billionaires with nicknames like "The Ice Man," "The Vulture" and, of course, The Brothers Koch. Told with Palast''s no-holds-barred, reporter-on-the-beat style, the facts as he lays them out are staggering. What emerges in Billionaires & Ballot Bandits is the never-before-told-story of the epic battle being fought behind the scenes between the old money banking sector that still supports Obama, and the new hedge fund billionaires like Paul Singer who not only support Romney but also are among his key economic advisors. Although it has not been reported, Obama has shown some backbone in standing up to the financial excesses of the men behind Romney. Billionaires & Ballot Bandits exposes the previously unreported details on how operatives plan to use the hundreds of millions in Super-PAC money pouring into this election. We know the money is pouring in, but Palast shows us the convoluted ways the money will be used to suppress your vote. The story of the billionaires and why they want to buy an election is matched with the nine ways they can steal the election. His story of the sophisticated new trickery will pick up on Palast''s giant New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

Vote suppression is the key issue to the 2020 Election and Palast is the expert to explain why.... Has Trump already stolen the 2020 election? Vote theft was once considered to be a marginal issue that no one wanted to talk about, but as the stakes have risen and the facts have become known--in large part thanks to this author--it is now recognized as one of the central issues deciding our presidential elections. The scope is staggering. In the Georgia 2018 midterm election alone--the testing ground--Republican voting officials quietly removed half a million voters from the voter rolls--including Martin Luther King''s ninety-two-year-old cousin Christine Jordan. How Trump Stole 2020 is the story of the racially poisonous schemes to steal the 2020 election, the political operatives behind the trickery--and the hard right billionaires funding it all, written by the investigative reporter who has been covering this story from the outset.

Shows how the deregulation of public services in the US has been a success, why it has failed elsewhere, and what can be done to fix this.

An enhanced eBook featuring fifteen videos from investigative reporter Greg Palast’s globetrotting, Sam Spade-style investigation—including extraordinary footage of pre-dawn stake-outs of billionaire financial vultures, narrowly avoiding prison in Azerbaijan (shot with a spy-pen camera), exploring the inside a whale carcass in the Arctic and trekking deep in the Amazon rainforest. Watch as Palast connects the dots of corruption between the oil industry, the financial sector, and the government. On April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven men and spilling million of barrels of crude oil into the water. Days later, a confidential cable arrives on investigative reporter Greg Palast’s desk from a terrified insider. He has the real, hushed-up facts of the disaster––facts that can only be found buried in the files of a Central Asian dictatorship. Taking him and his team of journalist-detectives from the streets of Baku, where Palast searches for a brown valise full of millions, to a small Eskimo village where he hears first hand of the depth of deceit and heartbreaking environmental devastation, to a burnt out nuclear reactor in Japan to Chevron''s operations in the Amazon jungle, Vultures’ Picnic charts the course of Palast’s quest to bring the truth of the BP disaster to light. Along the way, we see the many other crimes perpetrated by the energy giants of the worlds, the banks that fund their lies, and the governments that turn a blind eye. Like a page-turning spy thriller, full of mystery, intrigue, and featuring a reporter with the guts to get arrested, chase down insiders, or stakeout a Vulture in the still of a winter morning, Vultures’ Picnic is pulp non-fiction at its best. It’s a journey into the corrupt heart of Big Oil, and behind it, Bigger Finance, exposing once and for all the corporate vultures that feed on the weak, and poison our planet.

America''s most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why neoliberalism became so prevalent in the United States and why it''s time for us to turn our backs to it. With four decades of neoliberal rule coming to an end, America is at a crossroads. In this powerful and accessible book, Thom Hartmann demystifies neoliberalism and explains how we can use this pivotal point in time to create a more positive future. This book traces the history of neoliberalism-a set of capitalistic philosophies favoring free trade, low taxes on the rich, financial austerity, and deregulation of big business-up to the present day. Hartmann explains how neoliberalism was sold as a cure for wars and the Great Depression. He outlines the destructive impact that it has had on America, looking at how it has increased poverty, damaged the middle class, and corrupted our nation''s politics. America is standing on the edge of a new progressive era. We can continue down the road to a neoliberal oligarchy, as supported by many of the nation''s billionaires and giant corporations. Or we can choose to return to Keynesian economics and Alexander Hamilton''s ''''American Plan'''' by raising taxes on the rich, reversing free trade, and building a society that works for all.

A single-issue comic about vote-rigging in the 2008 US presidential election. "Bobby Kennedy Jr. and I have had it UP TO HERE. They stole 2000. They stole 2004. Now, they''re snatching it again. So Bobby and I are doing the most important thing we can do in a crisis of democracy: write an investigative comic book. Its 24 full-color pages cut open the Rove-arian cancer on our ballot box: the Six Ways They''re Stealing Your Vote - plus a two-page pull-out guide: 7 Ways to Steal it Back. Download it right now at StealBackYourVote.ORG. Print it out. Pass it out. Right now. Illustrations from the rapier-sharp pencils of Ted Rall, Troubletown¿s Lloyd Dangle and Lukas Ketner."

Wie kann es sein, dass im Mutterland der Demokratie immer und immer wieder kranke und gefährliche Schwachköpfe wie George W. Bush (oder Donald Trump?) Präsident werden? Ganz einfach. Sie werden gar nicht wirklich gewählt. Die Wahlen werden durch einen riesigen, von Milliardären finanzierten, Farbige, Studenten, Gefängnisinsassen und Bürger spanischer Herkunft ausschließenden Wahl-Manipulationsapparat gestohlen. Bei den letzten Wahlen jeweils etwa 6 Millionen Stimmen. 2016 wahrscheinlich noch mehr. Macht das einen Unterschied? Und ob es das tut. Im Jahre 2000 wurde George W. Bush mit einem Vorsprung von sage und schreibe 527 Stimmen "gewählt". Wirklich 6 Millionen Stimmen? Ja. Ob Sie es glauben oder nicht, aber der amerikanische Staat unterhält eine Behörde, die "US Election Assistance Commission", die den offiziellen Stand der nichtgezählten Stimmen ermittelt. Aber keiner redet drüber. Wie der Wahlbetrug funktioniert und welche Tricks dabei angewendet werden, wer dahinter steht und was ihre Ziele sind - das alles deckt Greg Palast in diesem Buch auf, das zeigt, dass die Demokratie der USA nur noch ein schlechter Witz ist. Greg Palasts unerschrockene Recherchen, die auch Munition für Michael Moores Stupid White Men lieferten, bringen ans Licht, welche Tricks bei der Wahlmanipulation angewendet werden. Er zeigt auf, welche Politiker (es sind sowohl Republikaner als auch Demokraten) und Milliardäre (wenig überraschend: die Ölindustrie spielt eine Rolle) hinter dem Wahlbetrug stehen, was ihre Ziele sind, wie sie organisiert sind – und, dass es bei der anstehenden Wahl 2016 noch viel schlimmer werden wird. Gern geschehen, Mr. President! ist eine Bombe von einem Buch, geschrieben von einem der letzten echten investigativen Reporter unserer Zeit.

Greg Palast, one of today''s most celebrated (and vilified) investigative journalists, creates 54 cards to identify the industry moguls, corrupt politicos, and crackpot ideologues who stole the 2000 presidential election. Not just another regime change playing cards knock-off, The Joker''s Wild is a card game for up to four players that actually lets you experience all the piety-spouting, grammar-butchering, flight-suit-donning thrills of being -Commander-in-Chief. With full-color original art throughout, The Joker''s Wild features a sprawling cast of shady characters identified by Palast in award-winning investigative reports. In addition to the usual suspects, such as Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris, the playing cards profile global cabals like the Carlysle Group and the WTO; sleazy wheeler-dealers, including Salim bin Laden and Adnan Kashoggi; masters of the media such as Rupert Murdoch and Clear Channel; and more. But the cards are only half the fun of The Joker''s Wild. In addition, players get a poster-sized snakes-and-ladders-style playing board on which all twisted roads lead to the House of Cards (a.k.a., the White House). Both the cards and the game board graphics are keyed to an in-depth annotation explaining how each character profiled fits into the big picture. With The Joker''s Wild, you don''t get points for being smart or well-informed. And you better not play fair if you want to win. Because, in this game, no move is -illegal, and the rules are always open to interpretation. Greg Palast was born and raised in Los Angeles and studied economics under Milton Friedman. Upon graduating, he put his knowledge to work as a corporate investigator, taking down the hazardous and corrupt LILCO power plant and representing labor unions against the corporations that would destroy them. Greg is author of the New York Times bestseller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, a book Michael Moore has called "courageous reporting."

El robo de votos es el asunto clave para la elección del 2020 y Palast es el experto que puede explicar el porqué. Vote theft is the key issue to the 2020 Election and Palast is the expert to explain why. ¿Trump ya se habrá robado el 2020? El robo de votos se consideraba un asunto marginal del cual nadie quería hablar, pero los índices han subido y los hechos han salido a la luz--en gran parte gracias al autor--y ahora se reconoce como uno de los temas decisivos de nuestras elecciones presidenciales. El alcance es abrumador. En la elección de la mitad del mandato del 2018 en Georgia--el campo de pruebas--los funcionarios Republicanos calladamente eliminaron a medio millón de votantes registrados del padrón electoral--incluyendo a Christine Jordan, la prima de 92 años de Martin Luther King. Cómo Trump se robó el 2020 cuenta la historia de los planes racista para robarse la elección del 2020, los operativos políticos detrás del engaño--y los billonarios de ultraderecha que lo financian todo, escrito por el periodista investigativo que cubrió esta historia desde el principio. Has Trump already stolen the 2020 election? Vote theft was once considered to be a marginal issue that no one wanted to talk about, but as the stakes have risen and the facts have become known--in large part thanks to this author--it is now recognized as one of the central issues deciding our presidential elections. The scope is staggering. In the Georgia 2018 midterm election alone--the testing ground--Republican voting officials quietly removed half a million voters from the voter rolls--including Martin Luther King''s ninety-two-year-old cousin Christine Jordan. How Trump Stole 2020 is the story of the racially poisonous schemes to steal the 2020 election, the political operatives behind the trickery---and the hard right billionaires funding it all, written by the investigative reporter who has been covering this story from the outset.

20 avril 2010, une plate-forme pétrolière explose dans le golfe du Mexique – bilan : onze morts et une marée noire. Quelques jours plus tard, un message confidentiel arrive sur le bureau de Greg Palast : un informateur très bien placé lui conseille de chercher les causes de l''explosion dans les méandres d''une pétro-dictature d''Asie centrale. À partir de là se déroule une enquête qui, de l''Alaska au Liberia en passant par Fukushima, dévoile bien plus que l''enchaînement de circonstances ayant mené à une catastrophe parmi tant d''autres. Car ce que Greg Palast dévoile, c''est la manière dont les grandes compagnies pétrolières parviennent à mettre la main sur des pays entiers et ruinent la planète en profitant de la complicité, plus ou moins active, des institutions financières internationales. Avec un sens de l''intrigue et du rebondissement digne des meilleurs romans d''espionnage, Le Pique-nique des vautours met en scène une équipe de reporters prêts à tout pour explorer la face noire de la mondialisation. Doté pour seules armes d''un humour dévastateur, d''une solide expérience du monde des affaires et d''une capacité d''indignation hors norme, Greg Palast expose avec clarté les pratiques inavouables des industriels du secteur de l''énergie et donne un visage à ces vautours de la finance prêts à tout pour gagner encore plus, qu''importe le nombre de leurs victimes.

Award-winning guerrilla journalist Greg Palast has gone where most have been too scared to venture in order to unearth the ugly truth about America. Here he reveals how the Patriot Act has sent a nation crazy with fear and how ballot stuffing and black voter snuffing meant John Kerry actually won in 2004.

Si vous recevez régulièrement une facture d''électricité, vous découvrirez dans ce livre comment la privatisation de l''énergie a systématiquement fait exploser les prix payés par le consommateurs, de la Grande-Bretagne à l''Argentine - sans parler des 379 % d''augmentation en Californie pour une seule année. A l''heure de la privatisation d''Electricité et Gaz de France, de Swisscom en Suisse, vous verrez, documents à l''appui, comment les sociétés privées sabotent leurs propres installations et magouillent pour en tirer d''énormes profits... Par le passé, dans le monde entier, des gouvernements ont dépensé des milliards à construire des systèmes de canalisations d''eau, sans pour autant en attendre de profits en retour. L''OMC et la Banque mondiale appellent ça du gâchis. Vous verrez dans ce livre comment ils ont prévu de vous le faire payer. Pourquoi les régents de l''économie mondiale ont interdit aux pays pauvres de fabriquer des médicaments génériques pour sauver leurs malades ? Le " Lobbygate " de Tony Blair, le marché alimentaire des OGM et du lait dopé aux hormones, ainsi que d''autres surprenantes " affaires ".

As an investigative journalist, Greg Palast has dug up so much dirt revealing malfeasance at the highest levels that it filled a book... The Truth Hurts recounts his incendiary exploits, which show how again and again Americans are lied to by the authorities who are meant to protect them.

Election officials in 27 states, most of them Republicans, have launched a program that threatens a massive purge of voters from the rolls. Millions, especially black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters, are threatened. Already, tens of thousands have been removed in at least one battleground state, and the numbers are expected to climb, according to a six-month-long, nationwide investigation by Al Jazeera America. At the heart of this voter-roll scrub is the Interstate Crosscheck program, which has generated a master list of nearly 7 million names of suspected double voters, compiled by matching names from roughly 110 million voter records from participating states. Interstate Crosscheck is the pet project of Kansas'' controversial Republican secretary of state, Kris Kobach, known for his crusade against voter fraud. Until now, state elections officials have refused to turn over their Crosscheck lists, some on grounds that these voters are subject to criminal investigation. Now, for the first time, three states -- Georgia, Virginia and Washington -- have released their lists to Al Jazeera America, providing a total of just over 2 million names, heavily weighted with names such as Jackson, Garcia, Patel and Kim -- ones common among minorities, who vote overwhelmingly Democratic. Indeed, fully 1 in 7 African-Americans in those 27 states, plus the state of Washington (which enrolled in Crosscheck but has decided not to utilize the results), are listed as under suspicion of having voted twice (also 1 in 8 Asian-American and Hispanic American voters). White voters too (1 in 11) are at risk of having their names scrubbed from the voter rolls, though not as vulnerable as minorities.

Amerikansk journalist skriver kritisk om valget i Florida 2001 og om George Bush''s vej til præsidentposten og om New Labour i England og partiets afhængighed af økonomiske interesser.

O premiado jornalista investigativo Greg Palast expõe a verdade sobre a globalização, corporações e fraudadores nas esferas pública e privada, dos EUA ao Brasil. Nesta edição brasileira, o livro traz ainda um capítulo especial sobre as relações entre o Tesouro Americano e a política de Fernando Henrique Cardoso, incluindo o tema das privatizações.