Matt Taibbi’s new book “Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America” relentlessly hunts down the Wall Street crooks who destroyed the economy. Whether sleazy mortgage brokers who’d sell their own grandma for a quick buck, arrogant whiz kids pushing pump-and-dump schemes or smooth vampires in $4,000 suits who masterminded the whole plan to suck the middle class dry, Taibbi is not afraid to name names. And don’t forget the craven regulators like Alan Greenspan who aided and abetted the whole mob. But when it comes to energy and the oil price spike of 2008, does Taibbi check his skepticism at the door?
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