Neoliberalism And The Moral Economy Of Fraud

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There is evidence that economic fraud has, in recent years, become routine activity in the economies of both high- and low-income countries. Many business sectors in today's global economy are rife with economic crime. Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud shows how neoliberal policies, reforms, ideas, social relations and practices have engendered a type of sociocultural change across the globe which is facilitating widespread fraud. This book investigates the moral worlds of fraud in different social and geographical settings, and shows how contemporary fraud is not the outcome of just a few ‘bad apples’. Authors from a range of disciplines including sociology, anthropology and political science, social policy and economics, employ case studies from the Global North and Global South to explore how particular values, morals and standards of behaviour rendered dominant by neoliberalism are encouraging the proliferation of fraud. This book will be indispensable for those who are interested in political economy, development studies, economics, anthropology, sociology and criminology. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of tables Acknowledgements About the contributors 1 Neoliberalism, moral economy and fraud 2 Economic wrong and economic debate in the neoliberal era 3 ‘After’ the crisis: morality plays and the renewal of business as usual 4 Moral economy, unearned income, and legalized corruption 5 The moral economy of post-socialist capitalism: professionals, rentiers and fraud 6 Do they do evil? The moral economy of tax professionals 7 Genealogy, parasitism and moral economy: the case of UK supermarket growth 8 Transnational tobacco companies and the moral economy of cigarette smuggling 9 Troika, austerity and the reluctant resort to criminality in Greece 10 Entrepreneurialism, corruption and moral order in the criminal justice system of the Democratic Republic of Congo 11 Murder for gain: commercial insurance and moralities in South Africa 12 Economic freedom mis-sold: neoliberalism and the moral economies of the PPI scandal in the UK 13 Seeking God’s blessings: Pentecostal religious discourses, pyramidal schemes and money scams in the southeast of Benin Republic 14 Producing moral ambiguity: state illegality, economic growth and norm change in Argentina’s sweatshop business 15 Public good for private gain: public sector reform, bureaucrats, and discourses of moral accountability in post-socialist Central Europe 16 Fraudulent values: materialistic bosses and the support for bribery and tax evasion 17 The moral economy of neoliberal fraud Index