"Heist" is a feature documentary which investigates the roots of the current economic crisis, and the ongoing assault on working people in the United States. Here you can find many resources that will help you fully understand America's economic tsunami, including alternative media sources, books written by our featured experts, and links to organizations doing critical work on the front lines.

Magazines, Articles and Blogs:

• How to Starve Too Big to Fail Banks, Mother Jones
• Greenpeace Investigations: Lewis Powell Memo        download 1mb
• Matt Taibbi's Taibblog on Politics and the Economy
• The American Prospect
• Teresa Ghilarducci

Books:

Here is a list of books that were influential in the making of "Heist," which are written by experts featured in the documentary. Please contact your local independent book store or library to acquire these books – support local businesses and services!

• The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future – And What it Will Take to Win it Back, Jeff Faux
• Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You with the Bill, David Cay Johnston
• Jacked: "Conservatives" are Picking your Pocket (Whether You Voted For Them or Not), Nomi Prins
• Other People's Money: The Corporate Mugging of America, Nomi Prins
• The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry, Lawrence E. Mitchell
• The Squandering of America, Robert Kuttner
• Up from Conservatism: Why the Right is Wrong for America, Michael Lind
• The Republican Noise Machine : Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy, David Brock
• When I'm Sixty-Four: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them, Teresa Ghilarducci