Corruption and Reform
Subtitle: Lessons from America's Economic History (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
Contributors: Edward L. Glaeser (Editor); Claudia Goldin (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: April 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780226299570
Subjects: Development economics; Economic History; Business History; Business & Economics; History - U.S.; Business/Economics; USA; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; History & Theory - General; Congresses; Corporations; Corrupt practices; Corruption; History; Political Corruption; United States
Description: The USA has a reputation for being amongst the least corrupt nations, but it was not always so. The contributors examine the ways in which widespread corruption, swindling & fraud was tackled in America & suggest ways in which such practices might be confronted elsewhere in the 21st century.