Screen LibraryWhite-collar and corporate crime：a documentary and reference guide
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Greenwood,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Documentary and reference guides |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 351 p.: ill. ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780313380549 (alk. paper) 0313380546 (alk. paper) 9780313380556 (ebook) 0313380554 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | F713 |
| CLC: |
F713.51 D917 |
| Call Number: | D917/G313 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index. What is white-collar and corporate crime? -- The robber barons -- The muckrakers -- Antitrust crimes -- Major scandals and scams : 1864-1993 -- Insider trading and related crimes -- Government white-collar crimes -- White-collar crime in the professions -- Environmental and consumer crimes -- The Enron decade of corporate debacles -- Outdoing Ponzi : Bernie Madoff, R. Allen Stanford, and Boss Jezda -- The great economic meltdown: 2007-2009 -- Doing something about it. While white-collar crime and corporate greed and irresponsibility have recently received much attention, misdeeds at the top of the financial food chain are certainly nothing new. Corruption, bribery, insider trading, securities fraud, stock manipulations, and illegal business practices have long been an ongoing problem in big business. From Gilded Age railroad scandals to the muckraking period and from the Savings and Loan debacle to corporate fallout during the recent economic meltdown, some individuals and companies have chosen to take the low road to achieve "the American dream." While t |