the American Way – New York: St. Martin's Press; 2007 – Holding the Bully's Coat: Canada and the U.S. Empire – Toronto: Doubleday Canada; 2010 – The Trouble with Billionaires (co-authored with Neil Brooks) – Toronto: Viking Canada; 2012 – Billionaires' Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality (co-authored with Neil Brooks) – Boston: Beacon Press; 2019 - The Sport and Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada's Public Wealth - Toronto: Dundurn Press; In popular culture In the CBC TV comedy The Newsroom, she played herself as a guest to discuss her book Shooting the Hippo. This led to this exchange: George Findlay (News Director, played by Ken Finkleman): "(Shooting the Hippo I loved that book)...what does it mean?" McQuaig: "I actually explained that in the opening line of the book." Followed by another: Jim Walcott (Anchor, played by Peter Keleghan): "I really liked the title of your book "Shooting the Hippo", but don't you think you would've sold more copies if you had a picture of a dead hippo on the cover?" References External links Linda McQuaig's author website Linda McQuaig archives are held at the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University Libraries, Toronto, Ontario Linda McQuaig audio interview, 14 May 2007 TV interview: Linda McQuaig, The Trouble with Philanthropists, December, 2010; 25 minutes Linda McQuaig "Making Waves" speech to the Council of Canadians, 26 October 2012; 26 minutes Linda McQuaig's op-eds on Common Dreams, reprinted from the Toronto Star 1951 births Living people Canadian political journalists Canadian columnists University of Toronto alumni Toronto Star people Canadian women journalists National Post people Canadian women columnists Writers from Toronto New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Canadian women non-fiction writers Canadian social commentators Centre for Investigative Journalism Award winners