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Book SynopsisThe politics of business have become the business of politics. Across the world the lesson is clear: just as too much governmental interference leads to dysfunctional economies, left to its own devices the market is incapable of adequate self regulation. This work deals with this topic.
Trade Review"…there is much useful information in this book, it is probably of greater interest to the specialist academic…" (Professional Investor, October 2003)
Table of ContentsForeword vii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction: the corruption cycle 1
1 Assessing guilt: the Wall Street shakedown 37
2 Power failure: the fall of Enron 71
3 An appalling vista: the rogue of Rhode Island 115
4 Lynching Merrill 141
5 Enforcing the enforcers: the politics of business 175
6 Corporate politics: the buying of power 219
7 From Chicago to Washington via New York and Baghdad 247
Index 285
