Dirty money : on financial delinquency / Vincenzo Ruggiero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruggiero, Vincenzo, author.

Series:

Clarendon studies in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial crimes--History.

Commercial crimes.

White collar crimes--History.

White collar crimes.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 268 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Clarendon Studies in Criminology aims to provide a forum for outstanding empirical and theoretical work in all aspects of .criminology, and criminal justice, broadly understood. The Editors welcome submissions from established scholars, as well as excellent PhD work. The Series was inaugurated in 1994, with Roger Hoed as its first General Editor, following discussions between Oxford University Press and three criminology centres. It is edited under the auspices of these three criminological centres: the Cambridge Institute of Criminology, the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics, and the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford. Each supplies members of the Editorial Board and, in turn, the Series Editor. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Money and Salvation 9

From the Good Life to the Just Reward 10

Saints and Economists 13

Afterlife and Wealth 16

The Parable of the Debtors 17

Innocence and Idolatry 19

Rabelais and the Spirit of Capitalism 23

Economics and Religion 25

The Triumph of Plutus 30

3 Between Sin and Crisis 33

London and Paris Bubbles 36

John Law 38

Luxury, Usury, and Crime 39

From Utility to Happiness 44

Fin de Siècle 52

4 Bankers and Robber Barons 55

Railways and Crooks 55

Legendary Tycoons 58

Deviant Benefactors 62

Statistical and Logical Impossibility 64

Old and New Crimes 66

Passionate Interests 70

Charlatans and Thieves 72

Infinite Aspiration and Habit 75

Scrooge or Faust? 77

5 Black Tuesday and Beasts of Prey 79

Fraudulent Schemes 81

A Flood of Corporate Larceny 83

Swindlers and Greed 85

The Return of Criminaloids 87

Anality and Learning Processes 89

Differential Association 90

Theft and Cupidity 97

Money and Genius 99

6 Incompetent Muddlers and Organization Men 102

From the New Deal to the Marshall Plan 105

Eurodollars 108

Drifting and Rationalizing 110

Gambling as Swindling 113

Corporate Functionaries 116

Exchange of Financial Services 120

7 A Paper World 126

Honest Players in Immoral Systems 127

Individuals and Organizations 132

Routine, Cycles, and the Irrelevance of Persons 133

Trickle Down and Trickle Up 138

A Financial Crime Compendium 141

Restaurateurs and Customers 144

The Ubiquity of Financial Crime 146

8 Psychopaths and Thrills 152

Fraudulent Bookkeeping 153

Metaphors for Our Times 156

Psychopaths 158

Thrill, Suitable Targets, and Rationalizations 160

Interrelated Contexts 162

A Concise Florilegium 163

The Irresponsible Firm 166

The Financial Meltdown and White-collar Crime 168

Anomalies and Inherent Instability 169

Networks of Greed 172

9 Various Shades of Grey 177

Preventing Future Crises? 178

Business as Usual 188

The Balloon Effect 196

10 The Hidden Wealth of Nations 200

Money Laundering 200

Furtive Money 204

Zero-tax Countries 207

Londongrad 208

Inefficiency 211

The Resource and Finance Curse 212

Mobility and Crime 216

Mathematical Morality 218

Networks and Hybridity 220

Fuzziness 222

11 Conclusion 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198783221

9780198783220

OCLC:

974764939