Kleptopia : how dirty money is conquering the world / Tom Burgis.
By: Burgis, Tom [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First U.S. edition.Description: xv, 446 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062883650; 0062883658.Other title: How dirty money is conquering the world : kleptopia [Cover title].Subject(s): Political corruption | Organized crime | Money laundering | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Economy | HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics | Money laundering | Organized crime | Political corruptionDDC classification: 364.1/323 Summary: The investigative journalist draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world.Summary: Burgis, an investigative journalist, draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world. He exposes how this global kleptocracy is corrupting the world around us. In weaving together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption, Burgis follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. The thieves are uniting ... and the human cost will be great. -- adapted from jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-423) and index.
The investigative journalist draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world.
Burgis, an investigative journalist, draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world. He exposes how this global kleptocracy is corrupting the world around us. In weaving together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption, Burgis follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. The thieves are uniting ... and the human cost will be great. -- adapted from jacket
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