Corruption - (Short Histories) by Carlo Alberto Brioschi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being stamped out. He examines corruption through politics and history-from Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapses-and concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world.</i></p> <p>In <i>Corruption: A Short History</i>, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being stamped out. He examines corruption through politics and history--from Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapses--and concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Is corrupt behavior an inescapable fact of political and economic life?</p> <p>And was Julius Caesar a thief? Time has erased the misdeeds and malfeasance of many a historical figure. But from ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world.</p> <p>In <i>Corruption: A Short History</i>, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough, incisive, and entertaining look at corruption from Babylon to modernday organized crime in the United States and the 2008 financial crisis. This dispassionate analysis gives the reader a full understanding of the characteristics, mechanisms, processes, and effects of corruption over time and helps to deconstruct the effects of dishonesty, bribery, fraud, and others types of corruption on democratic institutions.</p> <p>There is, Brioschi argues, an innate admiration for the trickster or the strong man, and corruption is tolerated because of other human foibles: the accrual of imagined or real benefits or the grand gesture that sweeps away any concern as to how the deed was accomplished, and added to these the possible lack of a moral compass. "Così fan tutti (everyone does it)," the author writes, ". . . it's the way of the world, and the difference between good business and malfeasance is nothing more than a bribe, a payoff, an under-the-table tip."</p> <p>After taking us on a journey from Mesopotamia, to ancient Athens and Rome, to Renaissance Italy and the Reformation, from the Industrial Revolution in England to Totalitarianism in Europe and beyond, Brioschi concludes with a reflection on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>It's a beautiful, brilliant, from some perspectives tragic book about perhaps the most important issue of our times.--Alain de Botton</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Carlo Alberto Brioschi</b> is an Italian journalist, book author, and publisher. He is currently editorial consultant at Rai Eri, part of the italian broadcasting company, and at <i>Corriere Della Sera</i>, the main Italian newspaper in Italy; he was the non-fiction editorial director at Rizzoli, the second-largest publishing group in Italy, and prior to that he was non-fiction editor at Utet and Mondadori. As a journalist, he wrote for <i>Corriere Della Sera</i>, <i>L'Indipendente</i> and <i>Il Giornale</i>. He teaches theory and methods of mass media at the European Institute of Design. Among his books are <i>Il malaffare</i> (2011) and <i>Il politico portatile</i> (2014).</p>
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