Corruption

Carlo Alberto Brioschi is an Italian journalist, book author, and publisher. He is currently editorial consultant at Rai Eri, part of the italian broadcasting company, and at Corriere Della Sera, the main Italian newspaper in Italy; he was the non-fiction editorial director at Rizzoli, the second-largest publishing group in Italy, and prior to that he was non-fiction editor at Utet and Mondadori. As a journalist, he wrote for Corriere Della Sera, L'Indipendente and Il Giornale. He teaches theory and methods of mass media at the European Institute of Design. Among his books are Il malaffare (2011) and Il politico portatile (2014).

• Contents:Introduction: If Julius Caesar Is a Thief1. The Gift in Antiquity2. Democracy and Decadence3. Bribes in Ancient Rome4. The Feces of the Devil5. Corruption in Power6. Philosophy of Corruption7. A Pragmatic Approach to Corruption8. The American Dream of Purity9. Restoration and Decadence10. Parts in the Play11. The Great Dictatorships12. Beyond the Age of Innocence13. Expansion of the Realm of Corruption14. Corrupt Finance: The Great Market CollapsesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

It's a beautiful, brilliant, from some perspectives tragic book about perhaps the most important issue of our times."- Alain de Botton