{"product_id":"kleptopia-how-dirty-money-is-conquering-the-world-9780062883667","title":"Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eAn\u003cem\u003e Economist \u003c\/em\u003eBook of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow With a New Afterword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand what has already happened here in America and what lies ahead if Trump is reelected in November.... A magisterial account of the money and violence behind the world's most powerful dictatorships.\" -\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this shocking, meticulously reported work of narrative nonfiction, an award-winning investigative journalist exposes \"capitalism's monster\"--global kleptocracy--and reveals how it is corrupting the world around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are everywhere, the thieves and their people. Masters of secrecy. Until now we have detected their presence only by what they leave behind. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh Desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey have amassed more money than most countries. But what they are really stealing is power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis weaves together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption: the troublemaker from Basingstoke who stumbles on the secrets of a Swiss bank, the ex-Soviet billionaire constructing a private empire, the righteous Canadian lawyer with a mysterious client, and the Brooklyn crook protected by the CIA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlimpses of this shadowy world have emerged over the years. In \u003cem\u003eKleptopia\u003c\/em\u003e, Burgis connects the dots. He follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the White House, the trail shows something even more sinister: the thieves are uniting. And the human cost will be great.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurgis, Tom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed book \u003cem\u003eThe Looting Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561594818834,"sku":"9780062883667","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9a3286a-f5fd-4a88-b841-9cdaa50515de.jpg?v=1731848575","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kleptopia-how-dirty-money-is-conquering-the-world-9780062883667","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}