Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Prøv nu
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt Our Finances, Freedom, and Security

Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt Our Finances, Freedom, and Security

Varighed
11T 34M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

A groundbreaking book that challenges Americans to reevaluate our views on how corruption and private interest have infiltrated every level of society

From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem united by one thing: outrage over a system of power and influence that they feel has stolen their livelihoods and liberties. Increasingly, protesters on both ends of the political spectrum and the media are using the word corrupt to describe an elusory system of power that has shed any accountability to those it was meant to help and govern.

But what does corruption and unaccountability mean in today's world? It is far more toxic and deeply rooted than bribery. From super PACs pouring secret money into our election system to companies buying better ratings from Standard & Poor's or the extreme influence of lobbyists in Congress, all embody a "new corruption" and remain unaccountable to our society's supposed watchdogs, which sit idly alongside the same groups that have brought the government, business, and much of the military into their pocket.

© 2015 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781483009353

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 14. januar 2015

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers
    Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers Michelle Malkin
  2. How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
    How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy Mehrsa Baradaran
  3. EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts
    EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts Ashoka Mody
  4. Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul
    Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul Michael Reid
  5. Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act
    Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act Joseph A. Califano
  6. Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse
    Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
  7. My Journeys in Economic Theory
    My Journeys in Economic Theory Edmund Phelps
  8. Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare
    Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare Juan Zarate
  9. Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy
    Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy Kathleen Hartnett White
  10. To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change
    To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change Alfred W. McCoy
  11. Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
    Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural Ronald C. White
  12. Transition Economies: Transformation, Development, and Society in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
    Transition Economies: Transformation, Development, and Society in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
  13. Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
    Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns Joseph Cummins
  14. The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society
    The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society Daniel Cohen
  15. Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World
    Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World Robert J. Lieber
  16. The Politics of Petulance: America in an Age of Immaturity
    The Politics of Petulance: America in an Age of Immaturity Alan Wolfe
  17. The Roots of Obama’s Rage
    The Roots of Obama’s Rage Dinesh D’Souza
  18. Future Publics: Democracy, Deliberation and Future-Regarding Collective Action
    Future Publics: Democracy, Deliberation and Future-Regarding Collective Action Michael K. MacKenzie
  19. The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done
    The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done John M. Ellis
  20. The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
    The Bridge: Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe Thane Gustafson
  21. Americans in China: Encounters with the People's Republic
    Americans in China: Encounters with the People's Republic Terry Lautz
  22. On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
    On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation David Ricardo
  23. The Long Shadow of Default: Britain's Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020
    The Long Shadow of Default: Britain's Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020 David James Gill
  24. Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy
    Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy Stian Westlake
  25. How the Post Office Created America: A History
    How the Post Office Created America: A History Winifred Gallagher
  26. What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All
    What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All Hal Weitzman
  27. These are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
    These are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America Gretchen Morgenson
  28. Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700
    Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700 Peter H. Lindert
  29. Mussolini's Intellectuals: Fascist Social and Political Thought A. James Gregor
  30. Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable
    Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable Erwin Chemerinsky
  31. Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism
    Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism Glory M. Liu
  32. Princeton Readings in Political Thought: Essential Texts since Plato - Revised and Expanded Edition Mitchell Cohen
  33. Economics in Perspective: A Critical History John Kenneth Galbraith
  34. The Big Change: America Transforms Itself 1900-1950
    The Big Change: America Transforms Itself 1900-1950 Frederick Lewis Allen
  35. Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages
    Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages Michael Keen
  36. Money and Promises: A History of the World in Seven Deals
    Money and Promises: A History of the World in Seven Deals Paolo Zannoni
  37. Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United
    Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United Zephyr Teachout
  38. Inside the Mind of a Voter: A New Approach to Electoral Psychology
    Inside the Mind of a Voter: A New Approach to Electoral Psychology Sarah Harrison
  39. The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations
    The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations Jeff Wald
  40. Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
    Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care Uwe E. Reinhardt
  41. The Murder of the Middle Class: How to Save Yourself and Your Family from the Criminal Conspiracy of the Century
    The Murder of the Middle Class: How to Save Yourself and Your Family from the Criminal Conspiracy of the Century Wayne Allyn Root
  42. The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West
    The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West Charles Kenny
  43. God's Politics
    God's Politics Jim Wallis
  44. Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracyand the Way to Renew Our Broken System
    Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracyand the Way to Renew Our Broken System Raymond W. Baker
  45. TWO REVOLUTIONS AND THE CONSTITUTION: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution
    TWO REVOLUTIONS AND THE CONSTITUTION: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution James D. R. Philips
  46. The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church
    The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
  47. The New Global Road Map: Enduring Strategies for Turbulent Times
    The New Global Road Map: Enduring Strategies for Turbulent Times Pankaj Ghemawat
  48. Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation
    Capitalists, Arise!: End Economic Inequality, Grow the Middle Class, Heal the Nation Peter Georgescu

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis