Chapter 1 The Nature of Elite Deviance -- Elite Deviance and the Crisis of Confidence -- A Theory of Elite Deviance -- The Classification of Elite Deviance -- The Conditions Leading to Elite Deviance -- The Consequences of Elite Deviance -- Chapter 2 Elite Deviance and the Higher Immorality -- The Nature of the Higher Immorality -- The Higher Immorality and the Political Economy -- The Higher Immorality and Corporate Crime -- Organized Crime and the Business Elite -- Chapter 3 Corporate Deviance: Monopoly, Manipulation, and Fraud -- The Costs of Monopolies -- Price Fixing -- Price Gouging -- Deceptive Advertising -- Fraud -- Chapter 4 Corporate Deviance: Human Jeopardy -- Individual Jeopardy -- Collective Jeopardy -- Chapter 5 National Defense, Multinational Corporations, and Human Rights -- The Military-Industrial Complex -- Deviance and Multinational Corporations -- Human Rights, Multinationals, and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Chapter 6 Political Corruption: Continuity and Change -- Money and Politics -- Corruption and Power -- Chapter 7 Political Deviance -- Domestic Political Deviance -- International Crimes -- Chapter 8 Understanding Elite Deviance -- Why Elite Deviance? -- Links between Elite Deviance and Nonelite Deviance -- The Structure of Power -- The Characteristics of Bureaucratic Structures -- Image Construction and Inauthenticity -- Constructionist and Objectivist Positions on Elite Deviance -- Chapter 9 The Scandalization of America: The Higher Immorality in an Era of Greed -- The Secret Government -- The Scandalization of America -- The Study of Elite Deviance.