“ A lively account of the Wall Street machinations and Washington deregulation that led up to the economic crisis.”  Dean Baker, Co-Director Center for Economic and Policy Research 

"No one takes Wall Street to task like Nomi Prins. But this book is far more than a pointed attack on how greed and bad regulation created a global economic meltdown-it also offers concrete prescriptions for how to prevent the next crisis. Let's hope Washington is listening." James Ledbetter, Editor, The Big Money

"Nomi Prins has applied her unmatched expertise in Wall Street's arcane methods of turning your money into their bonuses to mapping the recent crisis. In compelling, scathing prose, she shows how the key players escaped being brought to account, and kept their pet officials in power." John Dizard, The Financial Times

"If you want to understand why the Geithher-Summers plan won't solve the financial crisis, and why Wall Street is disgraced but still calling the shots, you can't do better than the brilliantly written and documented "It Takes a Pillage," by former investment banker and financial critic Nomi Prins," Robert Kuttner, co-editor, The American Prospect and author of "Obama's Challenge."