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The Billionaire Boondoggle audiobook
- By: Pat Garofalo
- Narrator: Pat Garofalo
- Category: Business & Economics, Entertainment, Industries
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: March 12, 2019
- Language: English
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The Billionaire Boondoggle Audiobook Summary
“An alarming, fact-driven jeremiad urging change and action.” –Kirkus
This program is read by the author.
The first comprehensive look at how politicians let the entertainment industry bilk taxpayers, hijack public policy and hurt economic investment, starting and ending with Trump.
From stadiums and movie productions to casinos and mega-malls to convention centers and hotels, cities and states have paid out billions of dollars in tax breaks, subsidies, and grants to the world’s corporate titans. They hope to boost their economies, create new and better jobs, and lure well-known events such as the Super Bowl–not to mention give their officials the chance to meet celebrities. That Big Entertainment drives bigger economies is a myth, however. Overwhelming evidence shows catering public policy to its promises results in a raw deal for the taxpaying public.
In The Billionaire Boondoggle, Garofalo takes listeners on a tour of publicly-subsidized corporate America to explain how that myth came to be, how much money America’s elected officials throw away, and why courting Big Entertainment just courts disaster.
You’ll learn how Maryland gave millions of dollars to Netflix to make House of Cards, and Nevada spent hundreds of millions on a new home for the NFL’s Raiders. New Mexico paid big money to host The Avengers, while city after city fell prey to the debt trap that is the Olympics. You’ll see how big sporting goods stores like Bass Pro Shops and big casinos across the country all get in on the subsidy scam. And you’ll see how many cities got in bed with hotel titans, including Donald J. Trump himself.
This audiobook is the go-to guide for the many ways in which American taxpayers unknowingly subsidize the TV shows they watch, the sports teams they root for and the hotels they sleep in, all based on an economic theory that only adds up for CEOs and bigwigs.
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The Billionaire Boondoggle Audiobook Narrator
Pat Garofalo is the narrator of The Billionaire Boondoggle audiobook that was written by Pat Garofalo
PAT GAROFALO is the managing editor for TalkPoverty.org at the Center for American Progress. He was previously an assistant managing editor for opinion at U.S. News & World Report and economic policy editor at ThinkProgress. Garofalo’s writing on economic policy has appeared in a host of top publications, including The Atlantic, The Week, NBC News Think, The Nation, and The Guardian, and he has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, and ABC News, among others. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife.
About the Author(s) of The Billionaire Boondoggle
Pat Garofalo is the author of The Billionaire Boondoggle
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The Billionaire Boondoggle Full Details
| Narrator | Pat Garofalo |
| Length | 6 hours 31 minutes |
| Author | Pat Garofalo |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | March 12, 2019 |
| ISBN | 9781250203069 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Billionaire Boondoggle is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Business & Economics, Entertainment, Industries
Additional info
The publisher of the The Billionaire Boondoggle is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250203069.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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