Economic gangsters : corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations /
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 fr...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2010. |
| Edition: | [New edition]. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter One: Fighting For Economic Development; Chapter Two: Suharto, Inc.; Chapter Three: The Smuggling Gap; Chapter Four: Nature or Nurture? Understanding the Culture of Corruption; Chapter Five: No Water, No Peace; Chapter Six: Death by a Thousand Small Cuts; Chapter Seven: The Road Back From War; Chapter Eight: Learning to Fight Economic Gangsters; Epilogue: Doing Better This Time; Postscript to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.