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Against the Rules with Michael Lewis cover image

On Background: White-Collar Crime and Punishment

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

CHAPTER

The History of White Collar Crime

A sociologist named Edward Sutherland coined the term white collar crime back in the 1930s. A lot of basic fraud is pretty criminal today, he says. "We've come a long way since" Occupy Wall Street and people being held to account for their actions,. But it's more amorphous than murder where you know who did it but can't prove they were involved.

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