Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History - Couverture souple

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9780226299587: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History
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ISBN 10 : 0226299589 ISBN 13 : 9780226299587
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2008

Synopsis

Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world's least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today's most corrupt developing nations, as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In Corruption and Reform, contributors explore this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption worldwide today.

Contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and corruption and the forces that ultimately led to their decline within the United States. They show that various approaches to reducing corruption have met with success, such as deregulation, particularly "free banking," in the 1830s. In the 1930s, corruption was kept in check when new federal bureaucracies replaced local administrations in doling out relief. Another deterrent to corruption was the independent press, which kept a watchful eye over government and business. These and other facets of American history analyzed in this volume make it indispensable as background for anyone interested in corruption today.

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À propos des auteurs

Edward L. Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a research associate and director of the working group on urban economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the Development of the American Economy Program and research associate at the NBER. In 2023 she was a awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes. She the editor or coeditor of numerous NBER volumes

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226299589
ISBN 13 
9780226299587
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
396
Éditeur
Glaeser Edward L., Goldin Claudia
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780226299570: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economics History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0226299570 ISBN 13 :  9780226299570
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2006
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