American Kleptocracy

- Reviews -

' Casey Michel cuts through the spin, to reveal the inner workings of the American economy. His writing has shown again and again the subterfuges and secrecy at the heart of how money moves through the financial system, and does it with panache, wit, and a blessed aversion to jargon. I always read his work, and can' t wait to read this one. ' -- Oliver Bullough, author of the international bestseller Moneyland: the inside story of the crooks and kleptocrats who rule the world ' Casey is the foremost journalistic voice in the fight against kleptocracy. No other individual is so consistently on the case and interested in both the actors and the possible policy responses. His knowledge of the existential danger posed by kleptocracy is bar none, and we rely on his work like no one else to inform policy. ' -- Paul Massaro, Congressional Policy Advisor to US Helsinki Commission ' Remarkable and perspicacious . . . an important and eye-opening book. ' -- Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling co-author of Billion Dollar Whale ' Remarkable and well-researched . . . Casey Michel shows how the U. S. has taken the top spot at the ease of doing illicit business legally. ' -- Katharina Pistor, author of Code of Capital ' An indefatigable young American journalist who has virtually cornered the international kleptocracy beat on the U. S. end of the black aquifer. ' * The Los Angeles Review of Books * ' Clearly-written, compelling, and fast-paced . . . a clarion call for citizens and those at all levels of government who have not yet realised that we need to clean up our own act to protect ourselves from predatory adversaries. ' -- Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution ' Casey Michel brings home the extent to which the United States has fuelled money laundering, corruption, and other crimes plaguing the world. His passionate writing comes from his outrage at what has gone on in our own backyard and his understanding of what is at stake, namely trillions of dollars hidden from our national treasury with help from U. S. banks. Readers will learn why it is critical for Americans to look inward and do more to stop the abuses here at home that are helping to power illicit finance around the world. ' -- Senator Carl Levin ' Rule-of-law democracies are engaged in a clash of civilisations against international criminals, kleptocrats, and corrupt politicians. Michel exposes the troubling role the U. S. has played in facilitating the dark economy and underscores the urgent need for transparency, reform, and accountability. ' -- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse ' If the right person writes the right book, and enough of the right people read it, incredible changes can take place. Casey Michel has written such a book. In the right hands, it could spur policy shifts in the U. S. that would have global ramifications. ' -- Jasmin Mujanovic, author of Hunger and Fury ' Compelling and colourful . . . Casey Michel is one of the United States' brightest emerging foreign policy thinkers - a scholar, journalist, and policy expert who has spent years chronicling the rise of globalised corruption in meticulous detail. In American Kleptocracy, he provides the definitive account of the defining threat of our era - weaving together an irresistible narrative with a bold but pragmatic agenda for reform that can end America' s complicity in foreign corruption. ' -- Nate Sibley head of Hudson Institute' s Kleptocracy Initiative ' American Kleptocracy is essential reading to understand how the U. S. has become the global destination for dirty money. Michel exposes the international shell games that the super-wealthy and their professional enablers deploy to launder and stash cash. He exposes why this matters, as illicit funds disrupt local real estate markets and undermine honest economic activity. ' -- Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, and author of The Wealth Hoarders: how billionaires pay millions to hide trillions ' In this vitally important book, Casey Michel follows the money. He shows us how, and why, so much of it ends up in American luxury real estate, hedge funds, startups, and shell corporations. Compelling true-life stories, carefully marshaled statistics, and careful analysis combine to make Michel' s book the must-read account of one of the key challenges of our time. ' -- Dan Nexon, professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and co-author of Exit from Hegemony

- Author Bio -

Casey Michel is a journalist whose writings on offshoring, kleptocracy, and financial secrecy have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vox, The New Republic, and POLITICO Magazine, among others. He is an Adjunct Fellow with the Hudson Institute' s Kleptocracy Initiative, and has contributed research pertaining to offshoring, illicit finance, and foreign interference to the German Marshall Fund, the Human Rights Foundation, and others.

- Full Details -

Status:	No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13:	9781914484100
Published:	18 Nov 2021
Published In:	United Kingdom
Imprint:	Scribe Publications
Publisher:	Scribe Publications
Format:	Hardback
Height:	234mm
Width:	153mm
Spine:	30mm
Pages:	368

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