Murder Inc.

I am thrilled to announce that I have signed a contract with Publish Your Purpose Press to Publish my 11th book Murder, Inc: How Unregulated Industry Kills or Injures Thousands of Americans Every Year...And What You Can Do About It. My book is in its final editing stages at this time and we expect publication in 2020.

For those who can’t wait, here’s a little taste of my book, drawn from the book’s jacket, including Erin Brockovich’s introduction. We will keep you posted as we get closer to publication.

Do you assume the products you buy, the food you eat, the medicines you take, and the cars you drive are safe? Think again. We’re exposed on a daily basis to life-threatening hazards of which we’re often unaware. From defective airbags that can explode and kill us to poisonous additives in food, we’re often the unknowing victims of corporate malfeasance and shamefully incompetent government oversight.

In this hard-hitting expose′, Dr. Gerald M. Goldhaber examines the outcomes when corporate profits trump public safety. He uncovers the dismal history of government regulatory agencies that are supposed to protect us, but instead appoint leaders who come and go from the same industries they’re tasked to regulate. And while our modern conveniences make life easier and more enjoyable than previous generations, we also face new dangers of the digital age. The hacking of autonomous cars, misuse of private information collected by smart devices, and renegade programming glitches in smart homes and offices are just a few scenarios confronting us in the near future. The companies who produce these innovations need to ensure they’re fail-safe, or face hefty lawsuits if and when things go wrong.

Principled disclosure of hidden hazards is an industry – and regulatory – necessity. We can only make informed choices and avoid needless injury and death when we know all the facts. Dr. Goldhaber recommends twelve steps to take control of our safety, and outlines a model of corporate responsibility and government regulation that balances public safety measures and company profits to the benefit of all.

A Note from Erin Brockovich

We have become comfortable and complacent, and I oftentimes think we believe that Superman, the EPA, or some agency that is in place will come and automatically fix the issues we are having. But we’re just now waking up and realizing that isn’t true. We have started to ask ourselves, “What can we do?” And that’s the thing—we can do something about it.
This book is a good first step, filled with explanations and stories, a great deal of information that we didn’t know, and a how-to road map for what it is we CAN do.

It has subtle humor and is told in a way that we can understand, giving us the tools we need to push forward and become aware that WE have to ask the questions and WE have to know how and where to go look, and not take for granted that someone has our backs.

In the new industry we live in—with all the technology we have—we are able to find out things faster than ever, to sort through information, to become more self-aware, and to protect ourselves better than ever. That is a good thing, but most won’t know how to use that technology for research. This book is a wonderful tool that can help people navigate their way through a plethora of information. We must learn that with technology and using our own motivation, we might just change companies and their way of doing business. By being the watchdog, being informed, and fighting back, we the consumers get more and more savvy to what is really going on.

I want to thank Gerry for writing this important book. Great job!

Erin