The people vs greed : stealing America : Main street vs Wall street : the continued erosion of ethics in our professions, business and government Cover Image

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The people vs greed : stealing America : Main street vs Wall street : the continued erosion of ethics in our professions, business and government / Joseph W. Cotchett, Jr.

Cotchett, Joseph W., 1939- (author.).

Summary:

"This book is a summary of where we are as a society - it is taken both from the cases my law firm and I have handled and in large part from press reports of greed and scams pushed on our society. The chapters illustrate many reports of our investigative press and in some cases reports and examples with the appropriate attribution - this to give the reader a summary of where our Country is going"--Introduction.

Record details

ISBN: 9780997561401
ISBN: 0997561408
Physical Description: xx, 335 pages : charts ; 23 cm
Publisher: Santa Clara, CA : Patsons Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- 1. Health care fraud: Betrayal in a white lab coat -- 2. Thugs of Wall Street -- 3. Money equals free speech: The case of Citizens United -- 4. The public's money -- 5. The changing climate: Drought, drowning, and denial -- 6. Chemicals for breakfast, lunch and dinner -- 7. The big pill: A drugged nation -- 8. Big oil is king -- 9. In defense of our country -- 10. Your privacy for sale -- 11. Lawyers and the rich man's justice.