Works by
Greg Palast
(Journalist, Writer)

• Democracy And Regulation: How the Public Can Govern Essential Services (2002) by Greg Palast, Jerrold Oppenheim, and Theo MacGregor
  Essential services are being deregulated the world over. Whether it's water, gas, electricity or the phone network, everywhere from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Leeds in the UK is following the US economic model and handing public services over to private companies whose principal interest is raising prices.
  
  Yet it's one of the world's best kept secrets that Americans pay astonishingly little for high quality public services. Uniquely in the world, every aspect of US regulation is wide open to the public. How is this done and why has this process not taken root elsewhere? How is regulation threatened even in the US? And what power does the public have to ensure that services are regulated along these US lines?
  
  This book, based on work for the United Nations International Labor Office and written by experts with unrivalled practical experience in utility regulation, is the first step-by-step guide to the way that public services are regulated in the United States. It explains how decisions are made by public debate in a public forum. Profits and investments of private companies are capped, and companies are forced to reduce prices for the poor, fund environmental investments and open themselves to financial inspection.
  
  In a world where privatization has so often led to economic disaster -- in Peru, telephone charges increased by 3000%; in Rio de Janeiro, 40% of electricity workers lost their jobs; in Britain water prices rose by 58% -- this book is essential reading. Palast, Oppenheim and MacGregor examine what's right with the traditional American system, why regulation elsewhere has failed, and -- most importantly --what can be done to fix it.

• The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters (2002)
  Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation in the US and abroad. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership.
  
  This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful writing of the past decade. Included here are his celebrated "Washington Post" exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, and recent stories on George W. Bush's payoffs to corporate cronies, the payola behind Hillary Clinton, and the faux energy crisis. Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs and letters.

• Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild (2006)
  In his most provocative and caustically funny book yet, Greg Palast, author of the national bestseller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, once again gives us the straight scoop on the stories that Big Media won’t report. Digging up reams of documents marked "secret" and "confidential," Palast provides the latest lowdown on Bush’s secret plans to seize Iraq’s oil, the fix planned for the 2008 election, who drowned New Orleans, and the horror and the humor of the War on Terror. With diligent detective work, moral outrage, and a keen sense of the absurd, Palast takes on the "armed and dangerous clowns that rule us" as only he can.

Other:

• Joker's Wild: Dubya's Trick Deck (2006) by Greg Palast with  Robert Grossman, Illustrator
  Greg Palast, one of today's most celebrated (and vilified) investigative journalists, creates 54 cards to identify the industry moguls, corrupt politicos, and crackpot ideologues who stole the 2000 presidential election. Not just another regime change playing cards knock-off, The Joker's Wild is a card game for up to four players that actually lets you experience all the piety-spouting, grammar-butchering, flight-suit-donning thrills of being -Commander-in-Chief.
  
  With full-color original art throughout, The Joker's Wild features a sprawling cast of shady characters identified by Palast in award-winning investigative reports. In addition to the usual suspects, such as Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris, the playing cards profile global cabals like the Carlysle Group and the WTO; sleazy wheeler-dealers, including Salim bin Laden and Adnan Kashoggi; masters of the media such as Rupert Murdoch and Clear Channel; and more.
  
  But the cards are only half the fun of The Joker's Wild. In addition, players get a poster-sized snakes-and-ladders-style playing board on which all twisted roads lead to the House of Cards (a.k.a., the White House). Both the cards and the game board graphics are keyed to an in-depth annotation explaining how each character profiled fits into the big picture.
  
  With The Joker's Wild, you don't get points for being smart or well-informed. And you better not play fair if you want to win. Because, in this game, no move is -illegal, and the rules are always open to interpretation.

See also:

• 50 Reasons Not to Vote for Bush (2004) by Robert Sterling with contributions by Brian Paisley, Greg Palast, Lydia Lunch, Matt Taibbi, Paul Krassne, Robbie Conal, Robert Sterling, and Sam Smith,
  Created "for progressive voters with a sense of fury and humor," this book lists the top 50 reasons to vote the Republicans out of the White House in the upcoming election. The writing style is forthright and provocative, with incendiary allegations backed up by numerous quotations and rigorous statistics. Essays include "The Bankrupting of America"; "John Ashcroft Is Watching"; "Shrubonomics"; "Bet on Terrorism for Fun and Profit!" and "George's Daddy (and George's Granddaddy)." They all lead up to reason number one, "He Stole the 2000 Election," which is summed up in the following way: "The end result is a national disgrace: a phony election illegitimately putting into office a sorry excuse for a man. For this reason alone, Bush deserves to be rightfully snubbed in 2004, to restore any basic level of legitimacy to a government that is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people." Contributors include Greg Palast, Russ Kick, Jonathan Vankin, James Ridgeway, Robert Anton Wilson, and Robbie Conal.