Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
House documents
Author: History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania ...
Author: John Franklin MeginnessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lycoming County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
The Sanitary Engineer and Construction Record
Author: Railroad Gazette
Author: Prices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Journal of Education
Author: Electrical Review
Author: Editor & Publisher
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Journalism
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
The fourth estate.
New York Review of the Telegraph and Telephone and Electrical Journal
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Corruption and Reform
Author: Edward L. GlaeserPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226299597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world’s least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today’s most corrupt developing nations, as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In Corruption and Reform, contributors explore this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption worldwide today. Contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and corruption and the forces that ultimately led to their decline within the United States. They show that various approaches to reducing corruption have met with success, such as deregulation, particularly “free banking,” in the 1830s. In the 1930s, corruption was kept in check when new federal bureaucracies replaced local administrations in doling out relief. Another deterrent to corruption was the independent press, which kept a watchful eye over government and business. These and other facets of American history analyzed in this volume make it indispensable as background for anyone interested in corruption today.