Suzanne McGee

Both morally and in dollar signs, CHASING GOLDMAN SACHS makes perfectly clear the unfathomable distribution of wealth and power in The United States.

Knowing little more about Wall Street other than that it somehow controls stock and bonds, that it was supposed to be tightly regulated after the financial disasters of 1929,
that George Washington became President on a balcony, that Hamilton had a law practice, and that, with The Stock Exchange, it makes NYC our financial capital, it was
illuminating to learn that Wall Street managed to evolve itself from offering a genuine investment service to businesses, corporations, and ordinary peasants into a corrupt, greedy,
super high risk taking behemoth rival. It could then monopolize and make money just for itself.

I read a ton of information which I never knew existed and which my accountant brother will love and help me puzzle out.

It would be welcome to see this meticulously researched book updated from 2010 to cover 2008's horrific loss and the ongoing impact of the sub prime loan homes
and savings of many middle and lower class Americans of all races. In WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER, Ta-Nehisii Coates deals with how this affected Chicago's North Lawndale population.

As welcome would be Suzanne McGee's insights into how the formerly unimaginable horrors of the trump administration have barely started to impact our economic and financial sectors:
the stock market appears to rise as trump's IQ decreases.

Additions to a new edition would be charts, graphs, and a glossary!… (mehr)