The fine print : how big companies use "plain English" to rob you blind /
By: Johnston, David Cay
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BookPublisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2013.Description: xxi, 305 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781591846536; 1591846536Subject(s): Invoices | Corporations -- Corrupt practices | Corporations -- Corrupt practicesDDC classification: 364.16/8 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 364.168 JO FI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0050745 |
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| 364.168 GO FU Future crimes : | 364.168 HO MO Money laundering : | 364.168 JA PH Phishing exposed / | 364.168 JO FI The fine print : | 364.168 MO CY Cybercrime and business : | 364.168 PO TA Tangled web : | 364.168 PO TA Tangled web : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-291) and index.
Jacking up prices -- 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 -- "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.
Discusses the practices of larger corporations that pass on expenses to consumers.
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