Separating fools from their money : a history of American financial scandals / Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes.
The authors trace the history of financial scandals from the early days of the young republic through the Enron/WorldCom debacle of modern times. A host of colorful characters inhabit the pages of this history, revealing human nature in all of its dubious shades of gray. At the same time, the book e...
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Language: | English |
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New Brunswick :
Transaction Publishers,
[2015]
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Edition: | Second edition. |
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Physical Description: | x, 352 pages ; 23 cm |
Format: | Book |
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The authors trace the history of financial scandals from the early days of the young republic through the Enron/WorldCom debacle of modern times. A host of colorful characters inhabit the pages of this history, revealing human nature in all of its dubious shades of gray. At the same time, the book exposes themes common to all financial scandals, which remain astonishingly unchanged over more than two centuries--greed, hubris, media connections, self-interested politicians, and booms-gone-bust, to name a few. |
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Call Number: | HV6769 .M33 2015 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780765803566 (cloth) 0765803569 (cloth) 9781412855006 (pbk.) 1412855004 (pbk.) |