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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Aheadby David Callahan
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Free cable television. Imaginary tax deductions. Do you take your chance to cheat? David Callahan thinks many of us would; witness corporate scandals, doping athletes, plagiarizing journalists. Why all the cheating? Why now? Callahan blames the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past twenty years: An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values and threaten to corrupt the equal opportunity we cherish. Callahan's "Winning Class" has created a separate moral reality where it cheats without consequences-while the "Anxious Class" believes choosing not to cheat could cancel its only shot at success in a winner-take-all world. Updated with a new afterword analyzing the latest on cheating from the Martha Stewart trial to the Tyco and Enron sentencings, The Cheating Culture takes us on a gripping tour of cheating in America and makes a powerful case for why it matters. Review:"On-target analysis of how this noxious and, in the true sense, un-American corruption came to infect our culture." (Los Angeles Times)Review:"The author provides persuasive evidence that our society is riddled with dishonesty." (Deseret Morning News)Review:"Callahans on to something: an ingrained and growing national compulsion to succeed at any cost." (St. Petersburg Times)Review:"Hair-raising. [P]acked with alarming anecdotes."(Salon.com) Review:"Callahan compiles a meticulous mountain of data about our current state of disgrace." (Village Voice)Review:"A breathtaking book." (Los Angeles Times)Review:"A breathtaking book." (Los Angeles Times)Review:"Hair-raising. [P]acked with alarming anecdotes." (Salon.com)About the AuthorDavid Callahan is cofounder and director of research at the public policy center Demos. The author of five books, he has also pub-lished articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post and is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. He lives in New York City. Table of Contentscontents Preface vii "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 259 Sources 297 Endnotes 303 Index 337 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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