Bibliograph

Big dirty money, the shocking injustice and unseen cost of white collar crime, Jennifer Taub

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Big dirty money, the shocking injustice and unseen cost of white collar crime, Jennifer Taub

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-283) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Big dirty money

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Taub

Sub title

the shocking injustice and unseen cost of white collar crime

Summary

If you're rich and commit mail, wire, or bank fraud, embezzle pension funds, lie in court, obstruct justice, bribe a public official, launder money, or cheat on your taxes, you are likely to get off scot-free. When caught and convicted, high-class criminals make brief stops in minimum security "Club Fed" camps. Taub details the scandalously common and concrete ways that ordinary Americans suffer when the well-heeled use white collar crime to gain and sustain wealth, social status, and political influence. She shows how profiteers caused the mortgage meltdown and the prescription opioid crisis, they've evaded taxes and deprived communities of public funds for education, public health, and infrastructure. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Preface: Crime scene -- Defining white collar crime -- Harm beyond measure -- Corporate crime waves and crackdowns -- Victims in the shadows -- Mutually assured immunity for the upper class -- Forgiveness for the fortunate -- Whistleblowers and journalists -- A contagion of public corruption -- Suspicious minds -- Tax and punish -- The six fixes -- Epilogue: Crime after Trump

Target audience

adult

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