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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Johnston, David Cay, 1948-     Subjects     Invoices.     Corporations -- Corrupt practices.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Johnston, David Cay, 1948-       by title:      The fine print : how...         MARC Display

The fine print : how big companies use "plain English" to rob you blind / David Cay Johnston. by Johnston, David Cay, 1948- New York : Portfolio, c2012. Subjects Invoices.   Corporations -- Corrupt practices. ISBN:  9781591843580 (hbk.) 1591843588 (hbk.) Description:  x, 305 p. ; 24 cm. Contents:  Author's note -- Jacking up prices -- Corporate power unlimited -- Buffett buys a railroad -- Railroaded -- In twenty-ninth place and fading fast -- Profits upkeep commissions -- "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 -- "Wells Fargo will take your house" -- Giving to Goldman -- Please die soon -- Your 201(k) plan -- Wimpy's tab -- Pfizer's bitter pill -- Hollywood robbery -- Silly software -- Pilfering your paycheck -- Of commas and character -- What it all means -- Solutions -- Adding it all up -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 364.168 Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.168 Johnston Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waialua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.168 Jo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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