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Kleptopia : how dirty money is conquering the world / Tom Burgis.
Loaned to Another Library JF1081 .B87 2020
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgis, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption.
- Organized crime.
- Money laundering.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 446 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- How dirty money is conquering the world : kleptopia
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- 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.
- 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
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I CRISIS
- 1. The Thief
- Kensington, January 2008
- 2. A Feast
- Whitehall, February 2008
- 3. Tunnels
- Cheapside, February 2008
- 4. The Dual State
- Moscow, February 2008
- 5. Silhouette
- Cheapside, July 2008
- 6. Mr Billy
- Harare, September 2008
- 7. Shutdown
- Cheapside, September 2008
- 8. The Fallen Oligarch
- Astana, January 2009
- 9. Top Secret
- London, April 2009
- 10. Paying Your Dues
- Pretoria, September 2009
- 11. The Informant
- Brooklyn, October 2009
- 12. The Real
- London, May 2010
- pt. II CHRYSALIS
- 13. Beginnings
- London, December 2010
- 14. Big Yellow
- Finchley, February 2011
- 15. Watchdogs
- London, March 2011
- 16. The Savarona
- London, May 2011
- 17. Off the Books
- Rudny, May 2011
- 18. God's Kingdom
- St Paul's, October 2011
- 19. Fear
- Zhanaozen, December 2011
- 20. Stability
- Cambridge, July 2012
- 21. Too Big to Jail
- London, September 2012
- 22. Sasha and Seva
- St James's, March 2013
- 23. The Loving Cup
- Canary Wharf, February 2013
- 24. The Presumption of Regularity
- Rome, May 2013
- 25. A Legit Shithole
- Cincinnati, August 2013
- 26. Risk Appetite
- Canary Wharf, August 2013
- 27. Doubles
- Old Billingsgate, February 2014
- 28. The System
- Canary Wharf, June 2014
- pt. III METAMORPHOSIS
- 29. Conquest
- Eastern Ukraine, August 2014
- 30. Privacy
- Kensington, September 2014
- 31. The Bridge
- Moscow, February 2015
- 32. His Footprints Are Not Found
- Colchester, September 2015
- 33. Winners
- Manhattan, November 2016
- 34. Saint or Sinner
- Paris, December 2016
- 35. The Future
- Colchester, December 2016
- 36. The Man With No Past
- Washington, January 2017
- 37. Its Over
- Kensington, June 2017
- 38. The Story You Choose to Tell
- Montreal, August 2017
- 39. Alternative Facts
- London, March 2019
- 40. Quid Pro Quo
- Washington, July 2019
- 41. Normal Business
- Worldwide, 2020.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-423) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062883650
- 0062883658
- OCLC:
- 1192302718
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