The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead

图书标准信息

• 作者 David Callahan 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2004-12
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780156030052
• 定价 145.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Freecabletelevision.Imaginarytaxdeductions.Doyoutakeyourchancetocheat?DavidCallahanthinksmanyofuswould;witnesscorporatescandals,dopingathletes,plagiarizingjournalists.Whyallthecheating?Whynow?Callahanblamesthedog-eat-dogeconomicclimateofthepasttwentyyears:Anunfetteredmarketandunprecedentedeconomicinequalityhavecorrodedourvaluesandthreatentocorrupttheequalopportunitywecherish.Callahan's"WinningClass"hascreatedaseparatemoralrealitywhereitcheatswithoutconsequences-whilethe"AnxiousClass"believeschoosingnottocheatcouldcancelitsonlyshotatsuccessinawinner-take-allworld.UpdatedwithanewafterwordanalyzingthelatestoncheatingfromtheMarthaStewarttrialtotheTycoandEnronsentencings,TheCheatingCulturetakesusonagrippingtourofcheatinginAmericaandmakesapowerfulcaseforwhyitmatters.

【作者简介】

DavidCallahaniscofounderanddirectorofresearchatthepublicpolicycenterDemos.Theauthoroffivebooks,hehasalsopub-lishedarticlesintheNewYorkTimesandtheWashingtonPostandisafrequentcommentatoronCNN,MSNBC,andNPR.HelivesinNewYorkCity.

【目录】

Prefacev

"Everybody Does It"

Cheating in a Bottom-line Economy

Whatever It Takes

A Question of Character

Temptation Nation

Trickle-down Corruption

Cheating from the Starting Line

Crime and No Punishment

Dodging Brazil

Sources

Endnotes

Index