Power Corrupts - Cleaning Up America''s Biggest Industry

Explores how energy corruption has become a drag on our economy, a threat to democracy, and a barrier to tackling climate change, as utility monopolies seek subsidies through political campaigns based on bribery and racketeering.

About the author

Richard Munson is the author of eight books, including biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Nikola Tesla, and Jacques Cousteau. He has written extensively about electric utilities as well as an exposé of congressional appropriations. Munson also has worked on clean energy and environmental issues for nonprofits, in the private sector, at universities, and on Capitol Hill. He has received public-service awards from Smart Grid Today, Great Lakes Commission, U.S. Clean Heat and Power Association, and American Small Manufacturers Coalition. He now sits on the boards of the Hinsdale Public Library and Greenleaf Advisors.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Munson, Munson Richard
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781538199398
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9939-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, TRUE CRIME / White Collar Crime, Political corruption, Energy industries & utilities, Corruption in politics, government and society, Energy industries and utilities