Synopses & Reviews
Beneath the wholesome image of Archer Daniels Midland lie some of the dirtiest practices in American business: price-fixing, bribery, and cover-ups. Unfolding like a legal thriller, Rats in the Grain portrays the crime and punishment of ADM during the largest white-collar criminal trial of the 1990s. James Lieber profiles the witnesses, the defense lawyers and federal prosecutors, the inner workings of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, and the unpredictable mole Lieber had access to. "A detailed account of how an influential corporation can go rotten." — The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-395) and index.
About the Author
James B. Lieber is the author of Friendly Takeover. He has written for publications including The Nation and the New York Times Magazine, among others. He lives in Pittsburgh.