克莱普托邦

汤姆-伯吉斯

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华盛顿邮报》年度著名图书--《经济学人》年度图书 "对于任何想要更好地了解美国这里已经发生的事情以及如果特朗普在11月再次当选会发生什么的人来说，这是一本必读的书....。

这是一本关于世界上最强大的独裁政权背后的金钱和暴力的百科全书"。-华盛顿邮报》

在这部令人震惊、精心报道的叙事性非虚构作品中，一位获奖的调查记者揭露了 "资本主义的怪物"--全球贪污腐败，并揭示了它如何腐蚀我们周围的世界。

他们无处不在，盗贼和他们的人。

秘密的主人。

到目前为止，我们只能通过他们留下的东西来发现他们的存在。

一辆烧毁的奥迪车里的尸体。

哈萨克沙漠中被子弹击中的工人。

津巴布韦的一场被操纵的选举。

一个英国银行家因为试图揭露伦敦金融城的真相而被灭口和羞辱。

他们积累的钱比大多数国家都多。但他们真正窃取的是权力。

在这部充满令人瞠目结舌的真实惊悚片中，获奖的调查记者汤姆-伯吉斯将四个故事编织在一起，揭示了一个可怕的全球腐败网络：

来自贝辛斯托克的麻烦制造者偶然发现了一家瑞士银行的秘密，前苏联亿万富翁构建了一个私人帝国，正义的加拿大律师有一个神秘的客户，以及布鲁克林的骗子受到中央情报局的保护。

多年来，这个阴暗世界的一瞥已经出现了。在Kleptopia中，Burgis将这些点联系起来。他追踪那些充斥着全球经济、使独裁者胆大妄为、毒害民主国家的黑钱。

从克里姆林宫到北京，从哈拉雷到利雅得，从巴黎到白宫，这条线索显示出更多险恶的东西：盗贼们正在联合起来。而人类的代价将是巨大的。

Kleptopia

Tom Burgis

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A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand what has already happened here in America and what lies ahead if Trump is reelected in November…. A magisterial account of the money and violence behind the world’s most powerful dictatorships.” –Washington Post In this shocking, meticulously reported work of narrative nonfiction, an award-winning investigative journalist exposes “capitalism’s monster”—global kleptocracy—and reveals how it is corrupting the world around us. They are everywhere, the thieves and their people. Masters of secrecy. Until now we have detected their presence only by what they leave behind. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh Desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London. They have amassed more money than most countries. But what they are really stealing is power. In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis weaves together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption: the troublemaker from Basingstoke who stumbles on the secrets of a Swiss bank, the ex-Soviet billionaire constructing a private empire, the righteous Canadian lawyer with a mysterious client, and the Brooklyn crook protected by the CIA. Glimpses of this shadowy world have emerged over the years. In Kleptopia, Burgis connects the dots. He follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the White House, the trail shows something even more sinister: the thieves are uniting. And the human cost will be great.