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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:You're standing at an ATM. It can't access account information but allows unlimited withdrawals. Do you take more than your balance? David Callahan thinks most of us would. While there have always been those who cut corners, he shows that cheating on every level-from the highly publicized corporate scandals to Little League fraud-has risen dramatically in the last two decades. Why all the cheating? Why now? Callahan pins the blame on the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past two decades. An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values, he argues-and ultimately threaten the level playing field so central to American democracy itself. Through revealing interviews and extensive data, he takes us on a gripping tour of cheating in America and offers a powerful argument for why it matters. Lucidly written, scrupulously argued, The Cheating Culture is an important, original examination of the hidden costs of the boom years. Book News Annotation:Callahan, a co-founder of the public policy center Demos, identifies
America's free-wheeling economic climate of the past 20 years as the
cause of rampant cheating—corporate scandals, doping in sports,
plagiarism by journalists and students, and corner-cutting in the
most mundane matters—that is a major hidden cost of the boom
years. The "Winning Class," he argues, has the money and clout to
cheat without consequences, while the growing "Anxious Class"
believes that choosing not to cheat will cost them their only shot at
success in a winner-take-all world. Callahan uses interviews and data
to show why all the cheating matters.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"A breathtaking book." (Los Angeles Times)Review:"[T]he book's strength lies in tying together assorted detailed descriptions of cheating throughout the system....[Callahan] offers straightforward, commonsensical solutions." Publishers Weekly Review:"The author provides persuasive evidence that our society is riddled with dishonesty." (Deseret Morning News)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:"Callahan's 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:"Hair-raising. [P]acked with alarming anecdotes." (Salon.com)Review:"This should be required reading for every high school and college student, and anyone who's ever complained about how bad things have gotten." (Philadelphia Inquirer)Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-336) and index.
Synopsis:Through revealing interviews and extensive data, Callahan takes readers on a gripping tour of cheating in America and offers a powerful argument for why it matters. Lucidly written, scrupulously argued, "The Cheating Culture" is an important, original examination of the hidden costs of the boom years.
About the AuthorDavid Callahan is cofounder and director of research at the public policy center Demos. The author of five books, he has published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today, and has been a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR. He received a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University and lives in New York City. Table of Contents"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.
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