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050	1	4	_aHV 6769 _bT222b 2020
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100	1		_aTaub, Jennifer, _d1964- _92942
245	1	0	_aBig dirty money : _bthe shocking injustice and unseen cost of white collar crime / _cJennifer Taub.
264		1	_aNew York : _bViking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, _c2020.
300			_axxxvi, 298 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aPreface: Crime scene Defining white collar crime Harm beyond measure Corporate crime waves and crackdowns Victims in the shadows Mutually assured immunity for the upper class Forgiveness for the fortunate Whistleblowers and journalists A contagion of public corruption Suspicious minds Tax and punish The six fixes Epilogue: Crime after Trump
520			_a"There is an elite crime spree happening in America, and the privileged perps are getting away with it. Selling loose cigarettes on a city sidewalk can lead to a choke-hold arrest, and death, if you are not among the top 1%. But if you're rich and commit mail, wire, or bank fraud, embezzle pension funds, lie in court, obstruct justice, bribe a public official, launder money, or cheat on your taxes, you're likely to get off scot-free (or even win an election). When caught and convicted, such as for bribing their kids' way into college, high-class criminals make brief stops in minimum security "Club Fed" camps. Operate the scam from the executive suite of a giant corporation, and you can prosper with impunity. Consider Wells Fargo & Co. Pressured by management, employees at the bank opened more than three million bank and credit card accounts without customer consent, and charged late fees and penalties to account holders. When CEO John Stumpf resigned in "shame," the board of directors granted him a $134 million golden parachute. This is not victimless crime. Big Dirty Money details the scandalously common and concrete ways that ordinary Americans suffer when the well-heeled use white collar crime to gain and sustain wealth, social status, and political influence. Profiteers caused the mortgage meltdown and the prescription opioid crisis, they've evaded taxes and deprived communities of public funds for education, public health, and infrastructure. Taub goes beyond the headlines (of which there is no shortage) to track how we got here (essentially a post-Enron failure of prosecutorial muscle, the growth of "too big to jail" syndrome, and a developing implicit immunity of"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWhite collar crimes _zUnited States.
650		4	_aDelitos de cuello blanco _zEstados Unidos _92239
650		0	_aCommercial crimes _zUnited States.
650		4	_aDelitos comerciales _zEstados Unidos _93373
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aTaub, Jennifer. _tBig dirty money _d[New York] : Viking, [2020] _z9781984879981 _w(DLC) 2020024367
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