Bibliography / Select References

Authors

  1. Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, 2003
  2. Peter Irons, A People's History of the Supreme Court, 2006
  3. Paul Krugman, End This Depression Now!, 2012, or follow his New York Times column on Twitter
  4. Noam Chomsky, numerous books, especially Profits Over People, 1999
  5. Charles Handy, The Hungry Spirit–Beyond Capitalism: A Quest for Purpose in the Modern World, 1999
  6. John Kenneth Galbraith, A Journey Through Economic Time, 1994
  7. Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice, 2009
  8. Daron Acemogul and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail, The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, 2012
  9. Simon Johnson, White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You, 2012
  10. Jonathan Rowe, numerous articles on economics and corporations
  11. Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level–Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, 2010
  12. Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, It's Even Worse Than You Think, 2012
  13. Charles A. Beard, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, 1986 (orig., 1913)
  14. Cass R. Sunstein, Free Markets and Social Justice, 1997; and The Second Bill of Rights–FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need it More Than Ever, 2004
  15. Studs Terkel, Working–People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, 1972
  16. Kevin Phillips, Wealth and Democracy, 2002
  17. Chalmers Johnson, Blowback, 2004
  18. Ha-Joon Chang, 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, 2010
  19. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness, 2005
  20. David Graeber, Debt–The First 5,000 Years, 2011
  21. Francis Fukuyama, Trust–The Social Virtues and the Creation of Propserity, 1995
  22. Deirdre N. McCloskey, Bourgeois Dignity–Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World, 2010
  23. Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital–Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, 2001
  24. Barry Ritholtz, Bailout Nation–How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy, 2009
  25. Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D., The Web of Debt–The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break the Bank, 2010
  26. G. Edward Griffin, The Creature from Jekyll Island–A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, 2003
  27. Paul Zak, editor, Moral Markets–The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, 2008
  28. Oscar Handlin and Mary Flug Handlin, Commonwealth–A Study of the Role of Government in the American Economy–:Massachusetts, 1774–1861, 1969 (orig: 1947)
  29. Christopher D. Stone, Where the Law Ends–The Social Control of Corporate Behavior, 1975
  30. David Sciulli, Corporate Power in Civil Society, 2001
  31. Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, 1962; or Greed interview with Phil Donahue, 1979
  32. F. A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom, 1994 (esp. 1944 Preface)
  33. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1991 (orig., 1776)

Documentaries

  1. Inside Job (Charles Ferguson, 2010)
  2. The Supreme Court, Part 1-4 (PBS, 2006)
  3. The One Percent (Jamie Johnson, 2006)
  4. Ethos (Pete McGrain, 2011)
  5. ReGeneration (Phillip Montgomery, 2012)
  6. The Corporation (Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, 2003)
  7. Howard Zinn–You Can't Be Neutral (Deb Ellis, 2004)
  8. American Experience–FDR, Part 1-2 (1994)
  9. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Peter Wintonick, Mark Achbar, 1992)
  10. Michael Moore: The Big One (1997), Sicko (2007), Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
  11. American Experience–Nixon (1990)
  12. Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause (Will Pascoe, 2003)
  13. Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner, 2008)
  14. Unprecedented–The 2000 Presidential Election (Richard Ray Perez, Joan Sekler, 2002)
  15. Enron–The Smartest Guys in the Room (Alex Gibney, 2005)
  16. The Most Dangerous Man in America–Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, 2009)
  17. Iron Jawed Angels (Katja von Garnier, 2004)
  18. Gas Land (Josh Fox, 2010)
  19. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (Eugene Jarecki, 2002)
  20. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (Stefan Forbes, 2008)
  21. Collapse (Chris Smith, 2009)
  22. The End of America (author: Naomi Wolf; directors: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern; 2008)

Data Sources

  1. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  3. Yahoo Finance
  4. Congressional Budget Office
  5. US Census Bureau
  6. IRS Tax Statistics
  7. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  8. US Department of the Treasury

News Sources

  1. RT
  2. Huffington Post
  3. Democracy Now!
  4. MoveOn.org
  5. Daily Kos
  6. TruthDig
  7. Adjusters
  8. Guardian
  9. ThinkProgress
  10. Al Jazeera
  11. Wall Street Journal
  12. New York Times