Dylan Ratigan is the host of MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan
Show, one of the highest-rated, daytime shows on the network.
This make-versus-take, analysis-driven daily broadcast fearlessly
takes on the world of politics, money, and the unholy alliance
between big business and government.
The former global managing editor for corporate finance at
Bloomberg News, Ratigan has developed and launched more than half a
dozen broadcast and new media properties. They include CNBC's
Fast Money and Closing Bell, as well as
DylanRatigan.com, which is home to his podcast, "Greedy Bastards
Antidote."
Ratigan left as host of Fast Money in 2009, provoked by
outrage over the government's handling of the 2008 financial
crisis. Since then, he has dedicated his work to launching
platforms that engage and debate the U.S. government on policy,
while opening the door for millions to learn more about money's
often poisonous role in our democracy. His first book, Greedy
Bastards, which will be released on January 10, 2012, details
this broken system, and more importantly, illustrates how fixing
these problems will release a renaissance of growth and
innovation.
Since late September 2011, more than 300,000 people have pledged
support, millions of dollars have been raised, and an organization
with a staff of a dozen people has been formed under Ratigan's
leadership to pursue the singular objective to pass a 28th
Constitutional amendment to separate business and state.
"This book might be the smelling salts that wake up America."-Alan
Grayson
"Greedy Bastards is superb. Dylan's policy recommendations
track with what the Committee for Economic Development has been
saying on: health care, the federal deficit, corporate governance,
education, a consumption tax, and campaign finance reform. His
explanations are clear, and he nails health care with his criticism
of the fee-for-service model. Greedy Bastards deserves wide
readership!"-Charles Kolb, President of the Committee on Economic
Development
"Some books explain a problem, this book gives you an entire world
view. Greedy Bastards, puts everything in context and makes
the enormity and entirety of our crises understandable. Dylan, as
always, is incisive, sharp and pointed." -Eliot Spitzer
"Greedy Bastards is a fantastic book! It has the perfect
tone and is completely convincing." -Lawrence Lessig, Director of
the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard
University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
"Exiles on Wall Street like us have a platform and a responsibility
to speak out. Dylan's book shows that our problems don't stem from
too much capitalism but not enough of it relative to our
jerry-rigged system" -Mike Mayo, financial analyst and author of
Exile on Wall Street
"Very sharp, funny, and splendidly written, Dylan Ratigan's new
book is perfect for Americans disgusted with both our political
parties who are trying to understand the roots of our broken
economy and political system." - Thomas Ferguson, University of
Massachusetts, Boston and the Roosevelt Institute and author of
Golden Rule
"Readers will find a great deal to ponder, as Ratigan covers why
and how he's certain the USA is 'going seriously wrong.'"-USA
Today
"Ratigan delivers an energetic, powerful, and at times unsettling
portrait of America in crisis ... And even though his portrait of
the U.S. is bleak, he believes we have options."-Publishers
Weekly
"Greedy Bastards helps us better understand why we suffer
recurrent, intensifying financial crises. First, cheating has
become the dominant strategy in finance. Second, cheating is
dominant because finance CEOs create such intensely perverse
incentives that fraud becomes endemic."- Bill Black, author of
The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and associate
professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas
City
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