04392cam a2200781 4500 2713027028 TxAuBib 20260320120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781508243090 1508243093 753649b6-18ac-489a-ab1d-de88214970bd OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3216994 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Eisinger, Jesse. The Chickenshit Club [Libby Audiobook] : Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute ExecutivesWhite Collar Criminals. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 374MB. corporate corruption. justice department. white-collar crime. financial crisis. housing collapse. Jeffrey Skilling. Bank of America. Lehman Brothers. Insider Trading. financial fraud. Arthur Andersen. George W. Bush. The Good Fight. Goldman Sachs. Henry Paulson. Supreme Court. merrill lynch. the good wife. u.s. attorney. U.S. Treasury. Stock Market. tim geithner. bankruptcy . Wall Street. Eric Holder. kenneth lay. james comey. corruption. Adam McKay. Dow Jones. billions. Trading. NASDAQ. Stocks. obama. Bonds. Enron. 2008. FBI. SEC. AIG. HTML:<b>Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award<br /> <br /> From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, "a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission...It is a book of superheroes" (<i>San Francisco Review of Books</i>).</b><br /> Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "Too Big to Fail" to almost every large corporation in America—to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. <i>The Chickenshit Club</i>—an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs—explains why in "an absorbing financial history, a monumental work of journalism...a first-rate study of the federal bureaucracy" (<i>Bloomberg Businessweek</i>).<br /> <br /> Jesse Eisinger begins the story in the 1970s, when the government pioneered the notion that top corporate executives, not just seedy crooks, could commit heinous crimes and go to prison. He brings us to trading desks on Wall Street, to corporate boardrooms and the offices of prosecutors and FBI agents. These revealing looks provide context for the evolution of the Justice Department's approach to pursuing corporate criminals through the early 2000s and into the Justice Department of today, including the prosecutorial fiascos, corporate lobbying, trial losses, and culture shifts that have stripped the government of the will and ability to prosecute top corporate executives.<br /> <br /> "Brave and elegant...a fearless reporter...Eisinger's important and profound book takes no prisoners" (<i>The Washington Post</i>). Exposing one of the most important scandals of our time, <i>The Chickenshit Club</i> provides a clear, detailed explanation as to how our Justice Department has come to avoid, bungle, and mismanage the fight to bring these alleged criminals to justice. "This book is a wakeup call...a chilling read, and a needed one" (NPR.org). True Crime. Nonfiction. Business. Law. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-20 20:00:03. Ross, Jonathan Todd. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=753649b6-18ac-489a-ab1d-de88214970bd&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)