The Politics of Corruption
Words, Lies & Power Plays: A Political Reading List
American Klepotcracy
Casey Michel
Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program, Human Rights Foundation
Casey Michel discusses his book, "American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History". Casey discusses America’s role in the problem of global kleptocracy and shares some optimism about the path ahead.
Butler to the World
Oliver Bullough
Journalist, Author
Oliver Bullough discuss his book, "Butler to the World", that addresses how the UK went from a colonial power dominating the world to a service provider—or butler or perhaps consigliere—to the world’s oligarchs.
Kleptopia
Tom Burgis
Investigative Reporter and Author
Tom Burgis joins Alexandra for a webinar hosted by Tom Keatinge of RUSI in London to discuss his book, “Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World".
Kleptopia at FraudFest!
Tom Burgis
Investigative Reporter and Author
Tom Burgis, author of “Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World", discusses the increasingly disturbing influence that kleptocrats exert internationally, who enables them and the flaws in our efforts to contain them.
Moneyland, Kleptopia and On Corruption in America
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Oliver Bullough
Journalist and
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Tom Burgis
Investigative Reporter and Author
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Sarah Chayes
Author, Former Reporter for NPR, and Former Senior Fellow in Democracy, Conflict, and Governance for the Carnegie Endowment
Oliver Bullough, Tom Burgis and Sarah Chayes, authors of three of the best books on global corruption, gather for a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival for a fascinating discussion about how the corrupt operate, often with impunity, and what can be done to slow the pace of looting.
Rigged: America, Russia and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference
David Shimer
Author, Former Director for Russia, and Director for Ukraine & Eastern Europe, NSC 46
David Shimer discusses his book, "Rigged: America, Russia and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference", that reviews the century of covert election interference by Russia and the U.S., the known impact of Russian meddling in 2016, and their growing capacity to interfere in future elections.
The Chickenshit Club
Jesse Eisinger
Author, and Senior Reporter, ProPublica
Jesse Eisinger discusses his colorfully named and provocative book “The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives”. We chat about political will, revolving doors and what Jesse calls “compliance theater."
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