Bibliograph

The fine print, how big companies use plain English to rob you blind, David Cay Johnston

Type

Label

The fine print, how big companies use plain English to rob you blind, David Cay Johnston

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fine print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

794556065

Responsibility statement

David Cay Johnston

Sub title

how big companies use plain English to rob you blind

Summary

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch presents a sobering analysis of the ways everyday people are systematically victimized by corporate interests, revealing small-print tactics in commonplace consumer agreements while sharing recommendations for how to combat consumer-targeting abuses

Table Of Contents

Author's note -- Billing -- Corporate power unlimited -- Buffet buys a railroad -- Railroaded -- In twenty-ninth place and fading fast -- Profits upkeep commission -- "We lead the industry with integrity" -- Paying other people's taxes -- Investors beware -- Playing with fire -- Draining pockets -- How we beat the garbage gougers and their stinking high prices -- Fee fatigue -- "We're going to take your house" -- Giving to Goldman -- Please die soon -- / your 201K -- Wimpy's tab -- Pfizer's bitter pill -- Hollywood robbery -- One silly software -- Two pilfering your paycheck -- Three of commas and character -- Four what it all means -- Five solutions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

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