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OverviewIn a time of painful economic and legal inequities, we are still plagued by a gnawing question: why did no major bank executive face any meaningful consequences for the 2008 financial crisis? Meanwhile, average Americans lost 8.8 million jobs and $19.2 trillion in household wealth, with the crisis' impacts still reverberating throughout society. Moving beyond the popular narrative that the rich simply play by different rules, this book focuses not on the potential perpetrators, but on the powerful prosecutors deciding who faces charges and who goes home with a fine. In the years leading up to the financial crisis, the Justice Department experienced embarrassing losses and moved a deluge of resources away from everything else to fund post 9/11 counter-terrorism. White-collar federal prosecutors found themselves working in an overly cautious and under-funded institution. At the same time, the lure of defense firms had grown much stronger, offering million-dollar partnerships. Prosecutors had every incentive at this time to improve their image by obtaining big fines with banks through settlements, rather than risking complicated litigation, but at what cost to American justice and trust in the rule of law? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sari KriegerPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9781793654496ISBN 10: 1793654492 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 21 February 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSari Krieger Rivera is professor of political science at the University at Albany and the City University of New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |