The Ponzi scheme puzzle : a history and analysis of con artists and victims / Tamar Frankel.
By: Frankel, Tamar.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: xvii, 231 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780199926619 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Corruption -- Prevention | Investment advisors -- Corrupt practices | Self-consciousness (Awareness) | Swindlers and swindlingGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 364.16/3Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | HV6691 .F73 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002269 |
Includes index.
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?.