The Money Laundry: Regulating Criminal Finance in the Global Economy. By J. C. Sharman. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+200. $29.95. | Zendy

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The Money Laundry: Regulating Criminal Finance in the Global Economy. By J. C. Sharman. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+200. $29.95.

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Frank Dobbin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

american journal of sociology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.755

H-Index - 181

eISSN - 1537-5390

pISSN - 0002-9602

DOI - 10.1086/667602

Subject(s) - laundry , download , american studies , economic history , political science , sociology , history , law , humanities , philosophy , computer science , operating system

Why have 180 countries around the world, including the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, with a population of 11,000, no financial institutions, 90% unemployment, and a national debt 16 times its GDP, adopted anti–money laundering policies? Why, when the world’s financial elites suspect that these policies are ineffective, and cost more in regulatory and compliance effort than they save by preventing money laundering, would so many countries jump on the bandwagon?

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