The Divide: American Injustice In The Age Of The Wealth Gap

"We are becoming three nations — one for the wealthy, one for the poor, one for those caught in between — and Matt Taibbi provides a compelling, depressing road map. Readers who know Taibbi’s work for *Rolling Stone* may be surprised by the lack of curse words and attitude here. Instead, he methodically explores how wealthy business people are often allowed to break laws with little personal consequence (including more than $26 billion in mortgage fraud), while poor people are relentlessly policed and punished. It’s the tale of how mindless bureaucracy grinds down one class and exalts another, enabled by the politics of the moment and Americans’ near-instinctual worship of society’s winners."