The Fine Print, David Cay Johnston
The Fine Print, David Cay Johnston
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The Fine Print
How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind

Author: David Cay Johnston

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/15/2012

Synopsis

David Cay Johnston has made a name for himself as the defender of the common man, calling out the rich and powerful for cheating the system at the expense of everyone else. Whether he's exposing unjust loopholes in the tax code that help the rich get richer or pointing out how powerful corporations pocket government subsidies at excessive taxpayer expense, Johnston is an eloquent town crier for justice and equality.

Now this bestselling author has turned his attention to the sneaky stipulations hidden in the fine print of just about every contract and government rule. Johnston has been known to whip out a utility bill—any utility bill—and explain line by line what all that mumbo jumbo actually means (and it doesn't mean anything good, unless you happen to be the utility company). Within all that jargon, disclosed in accordance with all requirements to you, the unsuspecting customer, lie the tools many companies use to rob you blind. Even worse is what's missing—all the contractually binding clauses that companies hide elsewhere, yet still enforce.

The Fine Print is essential listening for anyone who wants to wrest power back from devious corporations and end their longstanding consumer abuse.

About David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has been called the "de facto chief tax enforcement of the United States." He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch. David was a reporter for the New York Times for thirteen years and now teaches at Syracuse University College of Law.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on April 11, 2013

I just heard the author on Fresh Air. I am afraid if I read it, my head may explode:-(......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 09, 2012

A excellent review of many areas of our economy where the average consumer and citizen is being gouged with invisible fees, 'taxes' that are directly funneled as corporate profits, along with the multiple webs of subsidies and tax breaks that only benefit the wealthy and the structure of monopolies......more

Goodreads review by Steve on March 07, 2013

I think the subtitle is inaccurate and misleading. The Fine Print is not about the fine print as we commonly think of it, it's about the partnership between government and big business to put more and more of the tax burden on the average tax payer, gouge the customer, put less and less of the burd......more

Goodreads review by A on October 10, 2014

I enjoyed the book. Frankly, I've long known for a long time that big business (corporations) use gov't to get favorable legislation and rules to make it easier for them to do business and make money. After all, those lobbyist aren't getting paid just to create some kind of nebulous "better business......more

Goodreads review by Eric on February 21, 2014

I try to balance my reading by including works of both freedom and liberty and also leftists. Johnston is clearly no Ayn Rand and is about as pro-state as an otherwise functional fellow could be. Whereas the author basically lays blame on "capitalism" for what is really statism in every example provid......more

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