Looting America: Greed, Corruption, Villains, and Victims [Paperback]

Stephen M. Rosoff (Author), Henry N. Pontell (Author), Robert H. Tillman (Author), Stephen Rosoff (Author), Henry Pontell (Author), Robert Tillman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002 | ISBN-10: 0131121421 | ISBN-13: 978-0131121423 | Edition: 1st

Looting America: Greed, Corruption, Villains & Victims presents a vivid picture of pervasive corporate fraud. The authors, well-known authorities on criminology, argue that white collar crime is the most pernicious crime problem in America today, with financial, physical, and social costs dwarfing those of street crime. Looting America traces the historical roots of scandals infecting our economy today, with provocative information that will arouse righteous indignation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...highly readable and witty... An authoritative account of the white-collar crime problem in the U.S." -- Arianna Huffington, Syndicated Columnist

"A disturbing, fury-igniting story, and one every citizen-share-holder should read. Looting America is an outstanding book." -- Fortune Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing; 1st edition (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131121421
• ISBN-13: 978-0131121423
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,215,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars High on the sensationalism, low on the trends., June 16, 2005

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lowfatsourcreme (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Looting America: Greed, Corruption, Villains, and Victims (Paperback)

If you want to instill hatred, fear, and loathing into your reader, this is an excellent book. Full of anecdotes and horror stories of cover-ups, unsafe medicine, and more, you definitely won't walk away with a love and trust for America's companies.

That said, though, what, really, IS the point of this book? There's no real purpose to the book besides to compile anecdotes; there aren't any trends or real investigation: why, for example, companies do this. If you're looking for research - as I was when I read this book - you'll be hard pressed to really find general or underlying information.