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.

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