Separating Fools from Their Money A History of American Financial Scandals |
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| Author:
| Macdonald, Scott B.
Hughes, Jane E. |
| Contribution by:
| Hughes, Jane E. |
| Introduction by:
| Hughes, Jane E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-3391-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $37.43 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.