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Record Nr.

UNISA996200066803316

Autore

Fisman Raymond

Titolo

Economic gangsters [[electronic resource] ] : corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations / / Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-15743-4

9786612157431

1-4008-2875-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Classificazione

83.30

Altri autori (Persone)

MiguelEdward

Disciplina

338.91

364.1/323

Soggetti

Corruption - Economic aspects

Political corruption - Economic aspects

Smuggling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fighting for economic development -- Suharto, Inc. -- The smuggling gap -- Nature or nurture? understanding the culture of corruption -- No water, no peace -- Death by a thousand small cuts -- The road back from war -- Learning to fight economic gangsters -- Epilogue : doing better this time.

Sommario/riassunto

Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing world of billions in aid. The calculating crook who views stealing and murder as just another part of his business strategy. And, in the wrong set of circumstances, he might just be you.   In Economic Gangsters