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MATT TAIBBI: The Big Takeover

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The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution. So it's time to admit it: We're fools, protagonists in a kind of gruesome comedy about the marriage of greed and stupidity.

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