Rats in the Grain: The Dirty Tricks of the Supermarket to the World Archer Daniels Midland

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Beneath the wholesome image of Archer Daniels Midland lie some of the dirtiest practices in American business: price-fixing bribery and cover-ups. Unfolding like a legal thriller Rats in the Grain portrays the crime and punishment of ADM during the largest white-collar criminal trial of the 1990s. James Lieber profiles the witnesses the defense lawyers and federal prosecutors the inner workings of the Justice Departments Antitrust Division and the unpredictable mole Lieber had access to. "A detailed account of how an influential corporation can go rotten." The Cleveland Plain Dealer