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Capitalism´s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System
Raymond W. Baker
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Description for Capitalism´s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
For over forty years in more than sixty countries, Raymond Baker has witnessed the free-market system operating illicitly and corruptly, with devastating consequences. In Capitalism’s Achilles Heel, Baker takes readers on a fascinating journey through the global free-market system and reveals how dirty money, poverty, and inequality are inextricably intertwined. Readers will discover how small illicit transactions lead to massive illegalities and how staggering global income disparities are worsened by the illegalities that permeate international capitalism. Drawing on his experiences, Baker shows how Western banks and businesses use secret transactions and ignore laws while handling some $1 trillion in illicit ... Read more
For over forty years in more than sixty countries, Raymond Baker has witnessed the free-market system operating illicitly and corruptly, with devastating consequences. In Capitalism’s Achilles Heel, Baker takes readers on a fascinating journey through the global free-market system and reveals how dirty money, poverty, and inequality are inextricably intertwined. Readers will discover how small illicit transactions lead to massive illegalities and how staggering global income disparities are worsened by the illegalities that permeate international capitalism. Drawing on his experiences, Baker shows how Western banks and businesses use secret transactions and ignore laws while handling some $1 trillion in illicit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119086611
SKU
V9781119086611
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About Raymond W. Baker
Raymond W. Baker, after a long career in international business, is a guest scholar at The Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, both located in Washington, D.C. He appears often on television and radio in the United States and overseas and often testifies before House and Senate committees. Baker has an MBA from Harvard, ... Read more
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