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The Ponzi scheme puzzle : a history and analysis of con artists and victims /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frankel, Tamar
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Swindlers and swindling.
Investment advisors > Corrupt practices.
Corruption > Prevention.
Self-consciousness (Awareness)
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Con artists at work
  • Stories of Ponzi schemers
  • Charles Ponzi
  • Bernard Madoff
  • Gregory Bell
  • The basic design
  • Selling the stories
  • Con artists' behavior seems a "normal usual behavior"
  • A profile of the con artists and their victims
  • How does the public view the con artists and the victims?