Hate, Inc.
Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
One of the smartest—and funniest—chroniclers of the rise of Trump, growing inequality, and Wall Street excess, Matt Taibbi is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, and an award-winning columnist for Rolling Stone. His most recent book, Hate, Inc., has already been hailed as “invigorating” (Kirkus Reviews) and “brilliant” (Paste Magazine). In talks, Taibbi paints an alarming portrait of politics, media, and culture, while providing a way forward against our most urgent crises.
A compelling writer whose work is rooted firmly in the most pressing contemporary issues—be they political, financial or societal—Matt Taibbi is just as riveting as a speaker as his award-winning, wry and urgent journalism would suggest. In his New York Times bestseller, Insane Clown President, Taibbi offers a postmortem on American democracy: a story of nationalism, spectacle over substance, and the decay of traditional institutions—even truth. It’s a stunning analysis of a divisive and unpredictable election, the rise of Trump and populism, and the shattering of the political establishment: a prescient and riveting take on what it means to be a journalist (and citizen) in the new America.
His fifth book, I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police. Taibbi also wrote Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids and the Long Con That Is Breaking America, one of the most entertainingly quotable, scathing, and illuminating histories of the economic crisis. He has received the National Magazine Award for his columns in Rolling Stone, as well as a Sidney Award for his article, The Great American Bubble Machine.