02640nam 2200589 a 450 99620006680331620170816112643.01-282-15743-497866121574311-4008-2875-9(CKB)1000000000788409(EBL)457727(OCoLC)438654374(SSID)ssj0000143430(PQKBManifestationID)12045987(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143430(PQKBWorkID)10112157(PQKB)11721897(MiAaPQ)EBC457727(EXLCZ)99100000000078840920080618d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconomic gangsters[electronic resource] corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations /Raymond Fisman and Edward MiguelPrinceton Princeton University Pressc20081 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-13454-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index.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.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 GangstersCorruptionEconomic aspectsPolitical corruptionEconomic aspectsSmugglingCorruptionEconomic aspects.Political corruptionEconomic aspects.Smuggling.338.91364.1/32383.30bclFisman Raymond992090Miguel Edward992091MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996200066803316Economic gangsters2270710UNISA