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Economic gangsters :

(Number (ISBN

0691134545

(Number (ISBN

9780691134543

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b717479

Title Proper

Economic gangsters :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

corruption, violence, and the poverty of nations /

First Statement of Responsibility

Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Princeton :

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Princeton University Press,

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©2008.

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240 pages :

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illustrations, map ;

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23 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.

Text of Note

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.

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"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, Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel take readers into the secretive, chaotic, and brutal worlds inhabited by these lawless and violent thugs. Join these two sleuthing economists as they follow the foreign aid money trail into the grasping hands of corrupt governments and shady underworld characters. Spend time with ingenious black marketeers as they game the international system. Follow the steep rise and fall of stock prices of companies with unseemly connections to Indonesia's former dictator. See for yourself what rainfall has to do with witch killings in Tanzania - and more."--Jacket.

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Princeton Univ Pr, California Princeton Fulfillment Center 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618

Corruption-- Economic aspects.

Political corruption-- Economic aspects.

Smuggling.

83.30 economic conditions, development and structure: general.

83.79 economic sectors: other.

Bekämpfung

Bekämpfung.

Corruptie.

Corruption-- Economic aspects.

Corruption.

Economic development.

Economische ontwikkeling.

Entwicklungspolitik

Gewalttätigkeit

Korruption

Korruption.

Political corruption-- Economic aspects.

Political corruption-- Economic aspects.

Politik

Smokkelen.

Smuggling.

Smuggling.

Violence.

Weltwirtschaft

Weltwirtschaft.

Wirtschaftskriminalität

Wirtschaftskriminalität.

Entwicklungsländer

7

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Fisman, Raymond.

Miguel, Edward.

Date of Transaction

20201208094758.0

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