Faster, Higher, Farther

 Faster, Higher, Farther chronicles a corporate scandal that rivals those at Enron and Lehman Brothers—one that will cost Volkswagen more than $22 billion in fines and settlements. Through meticulous reporting, New York Times correspondent Jack Ewing documents why VW felt compelled to install “defeat devices” in diesel vehicles that unlawfully lowered CO2 levels during emissions testing, and how the fraud was committed, covered up, and finally detected. Faster, Higher, Farther is a briskly written account of unrivaled corporate greed. Updated with the latest information and a new afterword by the author.

“This will go down in history books as a great corporate scandal , but the story told by the New York Times reporter Jack Ewing...is also much more than that. It's a rich history of a company whose cars, for better and worse, have touched millions of lives, a character study of a brilliant but deeply flawed leader, and a case study in how a corporate culture can turn toxic. -- Bethany McLean (New York Times Book Review) Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal takes readers through the combination of pressures that produced what may be the biggest corporate scandal ever, detailing the company's personalities and the history behind the saga with fluency and wit. -- The Atlantic A shocking and incredibly compelling expos of one of the great corporate scandals of all time....reads like a fast-paced thriller. -- The Guardian A damning indictment of corporate malfeasance and...an accessible account of one of the most expensive business mistakes ever recorded. -- Patrick McGee (Financial Times) Exhaustive. -- Richard Epstein (Forbes) Perversely engaging. -- Barron's A fascinating expos....Ewing's compelling prose makes his book read like entertainment more than education and the story of Volkswagen's fall...is a study in corporate hubris. -- Publishers Weekly It is a corporate scandal to rival Enron and Lehman Brothers....Ewing weaves a conspiratorial tale of corporate greed run amok. Capturing the public fascination with craven financial scandals, and with a movie in the works, Ewing's sordid saga is the latest addition to the history of corporate fraud. -- Booklist (starred review) A shocking, sobering story--and, given the current antiregulatory mood, one likely to be repeated. -- Kirkus Meticulously chronicles 'one of the greatest corporate scandals ever'. -- Library Journal”

"A damning indictment of corporate malfeasance and… an accessible account of one of the most expensive business mistakes ever recorded." -- Patrick McGee - Financial Times
"Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal takes readers through the combination of pressures that produced what may be the biggest corporate scandal ever, detailing the company’s personalities and the history behind the saga with fluency and wit." -- Atlantic
"Perversely engaging." -- Barron’s
"Exhaustive." -- Richard Epstein - Forbes
"A fantastic book." -- Catherine Wolfram, co-director of the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley
"This book, which races along like Jensen Button, tells the inside story of the Volkswagen scandal. Ewing tells it quite beautifully." -- Daily Mail
"Ewing reveals for the first time the true extent of the scandal." -- The Times (London)
"A must read." -- Handelsblatt

Jack Ewing has covered business and economics from Frankfurt for The New York Times since 2010. He has worked as a journalist in Germany since 1994, including over a decade as a BusinessWeek correspondent.

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