Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age
Hardcover
$27.95
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
Select a store to view item availability.
From the lead prosecutor on the Enron investigation, an eye-opening examination of the explosion of American white-collar crime.
If “corporations are people too,” why isn’t anyone in jail?
A serious defect in a GM car causes accidents; Enron scams investors out of their money; banks bet on the housing market crash and win. In the race to maximize profits, corporations can behave in ways that are morally outrageous but technically legal.
In Capital Offenses, Samuel Buell draws on the unique pai...






















