Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author's note -- Billing -- 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 -- "We're going to take your house" -- Giving to Goldman -- Please die soon -- / your 201K -- Wimpy's tab -- Pfizer's bitter pill -- Hollywood robbery -- One silly software -- Two pilfering your paycheck -- Three of commas and character -- Four what it all means -- Five solutions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.