Corruption

Behind closed doors, power and money change hands in ways the public was never meant to see — this section pulls back the curtain on the backroom deals, financial crimes, and institutional rot that shape our world. From Wall Street fraudsters and shadowy global banks to political elites and corporate empires built on lies, these books expose the hidden machinery of greed that operates just beneath the surface of society.

Corruption 도서 요약

Becoming Brigitte

저자: Xavier Poussard • 2025

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

4.18

281

정치

프랑스

실화 범죄

Corruption

정부

몰입형

Becoming Brigitte

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

저자: Xavier Poussard 2025 332 페이지

4.18

281 개의 평점

정치

프랑스

실화 범죄

Corruption

정부

The Franklin Scandal

저자: Nick Bryant • 2008

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

4.30

500+

실화 범죄

범죄

정치

역사

Conspiracy

몰입형

The Franklin Scandal

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

저자: Nick Bryant 2008 650 페이지

4.30

500+ 개의 평점

실화 범죄

범죄

정치

역사

Conspiracy

Tower of Basel

저자: Adam LeBor • 2013

The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.

3.83

500+

역사

금융

경제

정치

비즈니스

Tower of Basel

The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.

저자: Adam LeBor 2013 360 페이지

3.83

500+ 개의 평점

역사

금융

경제

정치

비즈니스

월스트리트의 늑대를 잡아라

저자: 조던 벨포트 • 2009

The FBI closes in. The marriage collapses. The only path out runs through a federal prison cell.

3.90

4,000+

회고록

실화 범죄

비즈니스

금융

자서전

월스트리트의 늑대를 잡아라

The FBI closes in. The marriage collapses. The only path out runs through a federal prison cell.

저자: 조던 벨포트 2009 482 페이지

3.90

4,000+ 개의 평점

회고록

실화 범죄

비즈니스

금융

자서전

머니 맨

저자: 댄 맥크럼 • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

2,000+

비즈니스

실화 범죄

금융

범죄

경제

머니 맨

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

저자: 댄 맥크럼 2022 352 페이지

4.03

2,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

실화 범죄

금융

범죄

경제

The Smartest Guys in the Room

저자: Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28,000+

비즈니스

실화 범죄

경제

역사

리더십

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

저자: Bethany McLean 2003 440 페이지

4.22

28,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

실화 범죄

경제

역사

리더십

Military Inc.

저자: Ayesha Siddiqa • 2007

Pakistan's military built a business empire off the books. Leaving power would bankrupt it.

3.77

500+

정치

경제

역사

파키스탄

전쟁

Military Inc.

Pakistan's military built a business empire off the books. Leaving power would bankrupt it.

저자: Ayesha Siddiqa 2007 292 페이지

3.77

500+ 개의 평점

정치

경제

역사

파키스탄

전쟁

Flash Boys

저자: Michael Lewis • 2014

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

4.14

91,000+

비즈니스

경제

돈

기술

역사

Flash Boys

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

저자: Michael Lewis 2014 274 페이지

4.14

91,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

경제

돈

기술

역사

The Marco Effect

저자: Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2012

A Roma boy's discovery of a corpse entangles Department Q in a deadly embezzlement scheme.

3.89

23,000+

미스터리

범죄

스릴러

탐정

서스펜스

The Marco Effect

A Roma boy's discovery of a corpse entangles Department Q in a deadly embezzlement scheme.

저자: Jussi Adler-Olsen 2012 496 페이지

3.89

23,000+ 개의 평점

미스터리

범죄

스릴러

탐정

서스펜스

Perversion of Justice

저자: Julie K. Brown • 2021

Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.

4.21

3,000+

실화 범죄

범죄

정치

역사

사회 정의

Perversion of Justice

Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.

저자: Julie K. Brown 2021 463 페이지

4.21

3,000+ 개의 평점

실화 범죄

범죄

정치

역사

사회 정의

Kleptopia

저자: Tom Burgis • 2020

Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.

3.80

4,000+

정치

경제

비즈니스

범죄

실화 범죄

Kleptopia

Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.

저자: Tom Burgis 2020 464 페이지

3.80

4,000+ 개의 평점

정치

경제

비즈니스

범죄

실화 범죄

Easy Money

저자: Ben McKenzie • 2023

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

3.95

3,000+

경제

금융

범죄

실화 범죄

비즈니스

Easy Money

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

저자: Ben McKenzie 2023 304 페이지

3.95

3,000+ 개의 평점

경제

금융

범죄

실화 범죄

비즈니스

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

저자: John Perkins • 2016

Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.

3.93

8,000+

경제

정치

비즈니스

역사

회고록

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.

저자: John Perkins 2016 385 페이지

3.93

8,000+ 개의 평점

경제

정치

비즈니스

역사

회고록

쿠슈너 주식회사

저자: 비키 워드 • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2,000+

정치

비즈니스

전기

범죄

실화 범죄

쿠슈너 주식회사

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

저자: 비키 워드 2019 304 페이지

3.53

2,000+ 개의 평점

정치

비즈니스

전기

범죄

실화 범죄

The System

저자: Robert B. Reich • 2020

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

4.28

3,000+

Political

경제

Democracy

Capitalism

사회 정의

The System

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

저자: Robert B. Reich 2020 224 페이지

4.28

3,000+ 개의 평점

Political

경제

Democracy

Capitalism

사회 정의

Treasure Islands

저자: Nicholas Shaxson • 2011

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

4.18

1,000+

경제

금융

정치

범죄

비즈니스

Treasure Islands

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

저자: Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 페이지

4.18

1,000+ 개의 평점

경제

금융

정치

범죄

비즈니스

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

저자: Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

전기

회고록

범죄

실화 범죄

비즈니스

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

저자: Jordan Belfort 2016 530 페이지

4.32

163 개의 평점

전기

회고록

범죄

실화 범죄

비즈니스

God's Bankers

저자: Gerald Posner • 2015

For two millennia, money has shaped the Vatican more than any prayer.

3.97

1,000+

역사

종교

기독교

금융

경제

God's Bankers

For two millennia, money has shaped the Vatican more than any prayer.

저자: Gerald Posner 2015 752 페이지

3.97

1,000+ 개의 평점

역사

종교

기독교

금융

경제

The Scam

저자: Debashis Basu • 1993

A billion-dollar heist, complicit banks, and a central bank that chose not to see.

3.96

500+

비즈니스

금융

경제

역사

인도

The Scam

A billion-dollar heist, complicit banks, and a central bank that chose not to see.

저자: Debashis Basu 1993 378 페이지

3.96

500+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

금융

경제

역사

인도

The Key Man

저자: Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

2,000+

비즈니스

금융

실화 범죄

경제

Corruption

The Key Man

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

저자: Simon Clark 2021 352 페이지

4.18

2,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

금융

실화 범죄

경제

Corruption

The Looting Machine

저자: Tom Burgis • 2015

Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.

4.04

2,000+

정치

경제

아프리카

역사

비즈니스

The Looting Machine

Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.

저자: Tom Burgis 2015 352 페이지

4.04

2,000+ 개의 평점

정치

경제

아프리카

역사

비즈니스

People vs. Donald Trump

저자: Mark Pomerantz • 2023

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

4.06

500+

실화 범죄

회고록

정치

법률

범죄

People vs. Donald Trump

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

저자: Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 페이지

4.06

500+ 개의 평점

실화 범죄

회고록

정치

법률

범죄

The Assault on Truth

저자: Peter Oborne • 2021

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

3.98

1,000+

정치

역사

Democracy

Media

사회학

The Assault on Truth

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

저자: Peter Oborne 2021 251 페이지

3.98

1,000+ 개의 평점

정치

역사

Democracy

Media

사회학

Follow the Money

저자: Dan Bongino • 2020

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

4.36

500+

역사

Conspiracy

Corruption

정부

범죄

Follow the Money

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

저자: Dan Bongino 2020 210 페이지

4.36

500+ 개의 평점

역사

Conspiracy

Corruption

정부

범죄

Blind Ambition

저자: John W. Dean • 1976

At 31, Nixon's counsel ran the Watergate cover-up. Then he told prosecutors everything.

4.04

1,000+

회고록

역사

정치

전기

미국

Blind Ambition

At 31, Nixon's counsel ran the Watergate cover-up. Then he told prosecutors everything.

저자: John W. Dean 1976 614 페이지

4.04

1,000+ 개의 평점

회고록

역사

정치

전기

미국

Griftopia

저자: Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

4.16

9,000+

정치

경제

비즈니스

금융

역사

Griftopia

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

저자: Matt Taibbi 2010 253 페이지

4.16

9,000+ 개의 평점

정치

경제

비즈니스

금융

역사

White Malice

저자: Susan Williams • 2021

Africa's Cold War was a lie. America's real mission: control the uranium, crush independent leaders.

4.17

1,000+

역사

아프리카

정치

20세기

인종

White Malice

Africa's Cold War was a lie. America's real mission: control the uranium, crush independent leaders.

저자: Susan Williams 2021 651 페이지

4.17

1,000+ 개의 평점

역사

아프리카

정치

20세기

인종

The Billionaire Raj

저자: James Crabtree • 2018

Two decades. Two billionaires became 100. The hidden cost of India's economic miracle.

3.84

2,000+

인도

비즈니스

경제

정치

역사

The Billionaire Raj

Two decades. Two billionaires became 100. The hidden cost of India's economic miracle.

저자: James Crabtree 2018 416 페이지

3.84

2,000+ 개의 평점

인도

비즈니스

경제

정치

역사

Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown

저자: John Lithgow • 2020

A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.

4.21

1,000+

시

정치

유머

풍자

역사

Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown

A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.

저자: John Lithgow 2020 104 페이지

4.21

1,000+ 개의 평점

시

정치

유머

풍자

역사

Winter Is Coming

저자: Garry Kasparov • 2015

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

4.04

3,000+

정치

러시아

역사

전쟁

Democracy

Winter Is Coming

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

저자: Garry Kasparov 2015 290 페이지

4.04

3,000+ 개의 평점

정치

러시아

역사

전쟁

Democracy

The Smear

저자: Sharyl Attkisson • 2017

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

4.22

1,000+

정치

저널리즘

역사

정부

사회학

The Smear

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

저자: Sharyl Attkisson 2017 288 페이지

4.22

1,000+ 개의 평점

정치

저널리즘

역사

정부

사회학

Capitalist Punishment

저자: Vivek Ramaswamy • 2023

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

4.04

327

정치

경제

비즈니스

금융

정부

Capitalist Punishment

Your retirement money is voting on climate mandates and social policy. You were never asked.

저자: Vivek Ramaswamy 2023 240 페이지

4.04

327 개의 평점

정치

경제

비즈니스

금융

정부

Bad Company

저자: Megan Greenwell • 2025

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

4.03

5,000+

비즈니스

경제

금융

정치

Capitalism

Bad Company

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

저자: Megan Greenwell 2025 294 페이지

4.03

5,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

경제

금융

정치

Capitalism

Private Empire

저자: Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

4.00

4,000+

비즈니스

역사

정치

경제

환경

Private Empire

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

저자: Steve Coll 2012 685 페이지

4.00

4,000+ 개의 평점

비즈니스

역사

정치

경제

환경

Davos Man

저자: Peter S. Goodman • 2022

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

3.93

1,000+

정치

경제

비즈니스

저널리즘

금융

Davos Man

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

저자: Peter S. Goodman 2022 480 페이지

3.93

1,000+ 개의 평점

정치

경제

비즈니스

저널리즘

금융

Static

저자: Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

정치

저널리즘

활동주의

역사

사회학

Static

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

저자: Amy Goodman 2006 338 페이지

4.05

384 개의 평점

정치

저널리즘

활동주의

역사

사회학

The Fort Bragg Cartel

저자: Seth Harp • 2025

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

4.05

11,000+

실화 범죄

범죄

역사

전쟁

정치

The Fort Bragg Cartel

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

저자: Seth Harp 2025 357 페이지

4.05

11,000+ 개의 평점

실화 범죄

범죄

역사

전쟁

정치

Broken Government

저자: John W. Dean • 2007

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

4.06

331

정치

역사

미국

정부

법률

Broken Government

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

저자: John W. Dean 2007 364 페이지

4.06

331 개의 평점

정치

역사

미국

정부

법률

The Banker’s Wife

저자: Cristina Alger • 2018

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

3.90

20,000+

스릴러

미스터리

서스펜스

범죄

현대 소설

The Banker’s Wife

A widow in Geneva and a journalist in Paris uncover an offshore conspiracy worth killing for.

저자: Cristina Alger 2018 341 페이지

3.90

20,000+ 개의 평점

스릴러

미스터리

서스펜스

범죄

현대 소설

Midnight in Mexico

저자: Alfredo Corchado • 2013

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

3.78

1,000+

회고록

실화 범죄

저널리즘

범죄

정치

Midnight in Mexico

A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.

저자: Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 페이지

3.78

1,000+ 개의 평점

회고록

실화 범죄

저널리즘

범죄

정치

The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy

저자: Jim Marrs • 2010

A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.

3.91

500+

Conspiracy

정치

경제

America

역사

The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy

A century-long campaign to crash the economy, sicken the people, and lock down the state.

저자: Jim Marrs 2010 496 페이지

3.91

500+ 개의 평점

Conspiracy

정치

경제

America

역사

Reckless Endangerment

저자: Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

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Reckless Endangerment

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

저자: Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 페이지

3.96

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Truth in Our Times

저자: David E. McCraw • 2019

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

4.14

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Truth in Our Times

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

저자: David E. McCraw 2019 304 페이지

4.14

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Bailout Nation

저자: Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

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Bailout Nation

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

저자: Barry Ritholtz 2009 352 페이지

3.87

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Swimming With Sharks

저자: Joris Luyendijk • 2015

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

3.84

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Swimming With Sharks

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

저자: Joris Luyendijk 2015 288 페이지

3.84

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Confidence Game

저자: Christine S. Richard • 2010

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

4.14

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Confidence Game

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

저자: Christine S. Richard 2010 352 페이지

4.14

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The Cross

저자: Steve Cavanagh • 2015

A con-man lawyer's quest for justice pits him against a corrupt police death squad.

3.99

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The Cross

A con-man lawyer's quest for justice pits him against a corrupt police death squad.

저자: Steve Cavanagh 2015 173 페이지

3.99

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Exile on Wall Street

저자: Mike Mayo • 2011

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

3.69

260

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Exile on Wall Street

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

저자: Mike Mayo 2011 208 페이지

3.69

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Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

저자: Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

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Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

저자: Daniel Reingold 2006 384 페이지

3.88

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Pound Foolish

저자: Helaine Olen • 2012

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

3.67

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Pound Foolish

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

저자: Helaine Olen 2012 292 페이지

3.67

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