Corporate greed has no bounds. Let's not paint broad strokes, there are some genuinely good companies, but most corporations have let greed get the better of them at some point or the other. Here are some books about well known such cases. Not all bo...
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A gripping exposé on the rise and fall of Theranos, revealing the deception behind its revolutionary blood-testing technology.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
A thrilling account of the 2008 financial crisis, following the investors who foresaw the collapse and bet against Wall Street.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
A deep dive into the corporate fraud that led to Enron’s spectacular downfall.
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron|Paperback
A devastating portrait of the Sackler family, whose fortune was built on the opioid crisis.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
The harrowing true story of women poisoned by radium and their fight for justice
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
A legal drama exposing DuPont’s environmental crimes and the fight for accountability
Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
An investigative look at Koch Industries and its influence on American politics and economy.
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America|Paperback
A revealing account of the financial crisis, exposing the players behind the economic collapse.
All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis|Paperback
In this page-turning, true-crime exposé, award-winning reporter Michael W. Hudson reveals the story of the rise and fall of the biggest subprime lender and Wall Street's biggest patron of subprime: Ameriquest and Lehman Brothers. They did more than a...
The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America--and Spawned a Global Crisis
A gripping narrative of the 2008 financial meltdown and the efforts to prevent total collapse.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of people. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place...
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster
An exposé on Dow Chemical’s environmental and ethical violations over the decades.
Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical & Toxic Century
The Wall Street Journal's award-winning business reporter unveils the bizarre and sinister story of how a math genius named Tom Hayes, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system ignited one of the greatest financial sca...
The Spider Network book by David Enrich
Investigative journalist Jane Mayer uncovers how wealthy conservatives have secretly shaped American politics for decades.
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right|Large Print
A critical look at how corporations operate like psychopathic entities, prioritizing profit over ethics and social responsibility.
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
A shocking exposé on how corporations have manipulated science to cast doubt on environmental and health risks.
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
A deep dive into how bipartisan deregulation led to financial crises and economic inequality.
The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street
An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Bad Company unearths the hidden story of private equity by examining the lives of four American workers that were devastated as private equity upended their employers and communities: a Toys R Us floor supervisor, a rural doctor, a local newspaper jo...
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream|Hardcover
In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude—one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global fina...
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World|Paperback