- Nomi Prins
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Nomi M. Prins Nationality United States Education Leonard N. Stern School of Business Alma mater New York University Occupation Journalist Known for Book: It Takes a Pillage Website http://www.nomiprins.com/ Nomi Prins is an American author, journalist, and Senior Fellow at Demos.[1] She has worked as a director at Goldman-Sachs and as an analyst at Bear Stearns. Prins is known primarily for her whistleblower book, It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street, for her views on the U.S. economy,[2] [3] for her published spending figures on federal programs and initiatives related to the 2008 bailout,[4] and for her advocacy for the reinstatement of the Glass–Steagall Act and regulatory reform of the financial industry.[5]
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Book review
Author Jim Hightower said, “Nomi Prins knows the mind-set, knows how to read spreadsheets, knows the people, and knows Wall Street’s games. Nomi knows and now Nomi tells.” [6]
Works
Prins' articles have appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Newsday, Mother Jones, Slate.com, The Guardian, The Nation, The American Prospect, Alternet, Left Business Observer, Cineaste, La Vanguardia, and other publications.[7][8]
Books
- It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (9/22/09); ISBN 0470529598; ISBN 978-0470529591.
- Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America - Publisher: New Press (8/1/06); ISBN 1595580638; ISBN 978-1595580634. An account of corporate corruption, political collusion and Wall Street deception. This book was chosen as a Best Book of 2004 by The Economist, Barron's and The Library Journal.
- Jacked: How "Conservatives" are Picking your Pocket (whether you voted for them or not) - Publisher: Polipoint Press (9/1/06); ISBN 0976062186; ISBN 978-0976062189. Catalogs her travels around the USA talking to people about their economic lives.[9]
- Black Tuesday - Publisher: CreateSpace 2011 - ISBN 1463557663
Notes
- ^ http://www.demos.org/people.cfm?currentpersonnelid=31EA7E09-3FF4-6C82-5BDFBBC3F1F0C135
- ^ http://www.booktv.org/Program/11085/After+Words+Nomi+Prins+author+of+It+Takes+a+Pillage+interviewed+by+Sen+Bernie+Sanders.aspx
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/to-create-jobs-on-main-st_b_348183.html
- ^ http://openpdf.com/ebook/bailouttallysept2009-pdf-pdf.html
- ^ http://www.pr-inside.com/on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-its-r1575922.htm
- ^ http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470529598.html
- ^ http://www.motherjones.com/bailout/2009/06/big-bank-bamboozle
- ^ http://www.thewip.net/contributors/nomi_prins.html
- ^ http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/nomi_prins
External links
- Nomi Prins Website
- Video: Tavis Smiley Interviews Journalist Nomi Prins
- Video: Obama Banking Too Much on Banks, DemocracyNow!
- Video: Wall Street's Game, Main Street's Pain
- Video: Recovery is not even on horizon
- Video: Nomi Prins at The Strand, Demos
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