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The way we live now The way we live now Anthony Trollope From a review of the Anthony Trollope canon in The Economist (2020/04/08 edition): *“The Way We Live Now” (1875) is as much a portrait of the last few decades as it is of the high Victorian age, and… OL109871W
Zero coupon Zero coupon Paul Emil Erdman "First edition: October 1993" OL1400612W
The Madoff Chronicles The Madoff Chronicles Brian Ross After the news broke of Bernie Madoff's arrest on December 11, 2008, the facts were hard to grasp. Madoff claimed to have stolen fifty billion dollars; the sum seemed impossibly large. But of course … OL14937277W
Paranoia Paranoia Joseph Finder Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low-level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a cri… OL15148678W
Madoff Madoff Erin Arvedlund Take the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money – and being hailed as a financial genius.That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by… OL15176558W
Fifteen digits Fifteen digits Nick Santora A fifteen-digit bank account number holds the key to a plot involving five behind-the-scenes employees at a law firm who use discarded documents full of sensitive legal information to get rich. OL17896040W
Financial market bubbles and crashes Financial market bubbles and crashes Harold L. Vogel "Despite the thousands of articles and the millions of times that the word 'bubble' has been used in the business press, there still does not appear to be a cohesive theory or persuasive empirical ap… OL18748821W
Empire of deception Empire of deception Dean Jobb "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld … OL19999544W
Why they do it Why they do it Eugene Soltes "Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business S… OL20042720W
The case for the corporate death penalty The case for the corporate death penalty Mary Kreiner Ramirez xiv, 257 pages : 24 cm OL20045790W
On the rampage On the rampage Russell Mokhiber,Robert Weissman From Worldcom to Coke, from Enron to the White House, these columns offer trenchant revelations of corporate dirty deeds. Featuring the 10 worst corporations and 10 reasons to dismantle the World tra… OL20545073W
Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime Lawrence M. Salinger This work incorporates information about a variety of white-collar crimes, and provides examples of persons, statutes, companies, and convictions. Each entry offers a thorough and thoughtful summary … OL20656137W
CBS Murders CBS Murders Richard Hammer 244 pages : 20 cm OL21313894W
Ice Man Cometh Ice Man Cometh Jonathan Edwards,Ian Griffiths Summary:Jon Johannesson's retail group, Baugur, has become famous in the UK for boldly snapping up familiar high street chains such as Oasis, Iceland and Hamleys toy shop. This book reveals how Baugu… OL21728850W
State Financial Crime Task Force State Financial Crime Task Force Illinois State Police Illinois state and federal law enforcement agencies formed the State Financial Crime Task Force (1995- ), a cooperative attempt to detect, investigate and prosecute perpetrators of financial crimes a… OL24985820W
White-collar crime and criminal career White-collar crime and criminal career Elin Waring,Ellen F. Chayet,David Weisburd "Criminologists have turned their attention to the origins and paths of the criminal career for what this approach reveals about the causes, manifestations, and prevention of crime. Studies of the cr… OL2718254W
Market forces Market forces Richard K. Morgan From the award-winning author of Altered Carbon and Broken Angels--a turbocharged new thriller set in a world where killers are stars, media is mass entertainment, and freedom is a dangerous proposit… OL5730140W
Paul Martin et compagnies Paul Martin et compagnies Alain Deneault 109, [1] p. ; 22 cm OL5781878W
All My Sons All My Sons Arthur Miller Set during World War II, a troubled father and son know that a second son will never return from the war, even though the mother believes her missing boy will soon come home. But such turmoil only co… OL66338W
Capitalism's Achilles Heel Capitalism's Achilles Heel Raymond W. Baker For over forty years in more than sixty countries, Raymond Baker has witnessed the free-market system operating illicitly and corruptly, with devastating consequences. In Capitalism's Achilles Heel, … OL8231515W
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