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

• Autore: Fisman Raymond
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.91; 364.1/323
• Soggetto topico: Corruption - Economic aspects; Political corruption - Economic aspects; Smuggling
• Classificazione: 83.30
• Altri autori: MiguelEdward
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic gangsters
• ISBN: 1-282-15743-4; 9786612157431; 1-4008-2875-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910172214603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II