The Predator State by James Galbraith (2008, Hardcover)

Why do conservative governments typically run even bigger deficits than liberal ones in spite of a professed commitment to minimizing government and lowering taxes? This book makes the argument that the far right no longer really believes in free market principles and instead is working to systematically highjack public institutions and tax revenues for private corporate and ideological enterprises, pushing all the business risk onto the tax payer. Certainly puts the proposed Wallstreet bailout in a different light!