The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead - Couverture souple

Callahan, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156030055 ISBN 13 : 9780156030052

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2004

Synopsis

You're standing at an ATM. It can't access account information but allows unlimited withdrawals. Do you take more than your balance? David Callahan thinks most of us would. While there have always been those who cut corners, he shows that cheating on every level—from the highly publicized corporate scandals to Little League fraud—has risen dramatically in the last two decades. Why all the cheating? Why now?

Callahan pins the blame on the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past two decades. An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values, he argues—and ultimately threaten the level playing field so central to American democracy itself. Through revealing interviews and extensive data, he takes us on a gripping tour of cheating in America and offers a powerful argument for why it matters. Lucidly written, scrupulously argued, The Cheating Culture is an important, original examination of the hidden costs of the boom years.

 

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À propos de l?auteur

David Callahan is cofounder and director of research at the public policy center Demos. The author of five books, he has published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today, and has been a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. He received a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0156030055
• ISBN 13: 9780156030052
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 366
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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