The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (Abridged): The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters Audiobook

" Crazy amounts of inside info from this investigative reporter. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but his details on the vote fraud in Florida in 2000 are pretty convincing. "

" For me, his tabloid style is a drawback. "

" Palast is the kind of journalist we need more (or, really, any) of these days -- fearless and angry but always set on uncovering the truth. His meticulous description of Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris systematically disenfranchising thousands of Florida voters before the 2000 election will break your heart. "

" Read this book, if you want to know what really happened in the 2000 Presidential Election; Palast broke the story of how the Republicans stole the election from Al Gore in Florida. He is one of my heroes. "

" This was my first Greg Palast book, which made me a fan for life. "

" Greg Palast is a polemic journalist, which will lead some to dismiss the contents of this book as partisan nonsense. They shouldn't. Particularly with the Florida election in 2000, this tome contains the stories that should have been headline news but weren't. Infuriating at times, maddeningly subjective at others, this is nonetheless a tremendously important contemporary political work on all the things we ought to be reading in the papers but aren't. "

" A cynical yet interesting book about how democracy is controlled the powerful lobbyists, who eventually make the politicians live in a 'bubble' with widening gap between them and the public. "

" It is remarkably simple, apparently, to steal an election while everyone's looking so long as you've got an entire southeastern state willing to help you do it. Greg Palast exposes a long list of the perps inside. "

" good subject matter but i just can't get beyond palast's arrogant cynicism. this is the kind of stuff that makes it impossible for people to work together to make this country better. i appreciate palast's investigative reporting and i agree with what he writes about but not how he writes it. "

" An excellent expose of the Bush administration's stealing of the election and other misdeeds. "

" Education with a humourous delivery "

" This was an eye opener, but important to see how the executive branch (mostly about George W. Bush) can mislead most of the people "

" Amazing and disturbing - great insite into politics and how they are all in bed with each other. "

" Picked this up in my favourite second hand shop - one of the best finds this year. Greg is an outstanding investigative journalist - our Press was much better up to the 70s with men the calibre of Greg. Read this book and start a campaign to free our Press. "

" Really great - it was especially instructive see the story of energy deregulation and how the IMF operates laid out so clearly. Devastating and depressing - but totally worth a look. "

" keep shopping, nothing to see here. "

" At the time it was great, looking back (and at some of the authors current work), I think there is a lot of fatalism that goes into it. Palast does deserve heavy applause for his journalistic work on the disenfranchised voters of Florida, he was one of the first in the investigation. "

" A very ballsy journalist who writes for the Guardian and exposes high level officials. "

" This was incredibly hard to find, in fact I had to special order it which I sure put me on a government list somewhere... well, okay, I sure it secured my position on that list. "

" Read this if you are American & need help being proud of it. "

" Anything Greg Palst writes I find to be well researched,timely and contemporarily fascinating--if you like to know what goes on behind the scenes of America. "

" Greg Palast has a good sense of humor and I appreciate his ideas. I'd like to re-read this book in a few years, once the political climate has shifted. "

" I read the last page and then announced to Tad that I had been "called to action". Yes, I am that nerdy. But its true. Greg Palast is awesome and I believe everything he says. "

" A very important book to read to know more about how government and lobbyists work together. It's pretty awful but something we should and protect ourselves as a society. "

" Greg Palast is a great investigative journalist and explores the inner shithole that is the Bush (ii) Administration. "

" investigative journalism at its best "

" this book changed my view of "corporate america", and the election process. "

" His chapter on the 2000 election in Florida is some of the best journalism of this decade. "

" This was an eye opener, but important to see how the executive branch (mostly about George W. Bush) can mislead most of the people "

" If you want to know what really goes on in the world, Palast is a good source. "

" If you don't want to know the dirty secrets our politicians are trying to keep, you shouldn't read this book. If you do want the truth about the corruption and deceit that is modern politics, Greg Palast is the author to read. "

" I was very pleased to hear Greg speak so candidly on the 2000 election, the UK's libel laws and other things my friends and co-workers are outraged by. "

" Greg Palast is a brutally honest writer - an American living and working in the UK. He minces few words in his criticism of the Bush administration.Highly recommended. "

" This was incredibly hard to find, in fact I had to special order it which I sure put me on a government list somewhere... well, okay, I sure it secured my position on that list. "

" Anything Greg Palst writes I find to be well researched,timely and contemporarily fascinating--if you like to know what goes on behind the scenes of America. "

" A well written look at money and politics in the USA written by a Yank working in the UK "

" Another wake up call especially concerning the stealing of the 2000 election. "

" some interesting points, kind of soap box-ish but I should have expected that I suppose. "

" An excellent expose of the Bush administration's stealing of the election and other misdeeds. "

" Greg Palast is not only a fearless reporter he has a great sense of humor. You will become angry and laugh at the same time. "