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separating fools from their money a history of american financial scandals
p what do michael milken and martha stewart have in common answer both became public scapegoats for an outrageous era of greed and excess . what was the most outrageous party thrown by a financial baron of the twentieth century answer tough call but either michael milkens predators ball in 1985 or dennis kozlowskis sardinian birthday bash in 2001 with its vodka spouting sculpture . which u.s. war hero president became party to and victim of an unabashed con man known as the napoleon of wall street answer ulysses s. grant but its a long story . p these questions and more are discussed in scott macdonald and jane hughes separating fools from their money . 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 . p informative and entertaining separating fools should engage the interest of investors and casual business readers as well as economists interested in supplemental reading for their students . p a new introduction focuses on trends since publication of the original with a postscript on the financial panic of 2008 .
paperback transaction publishers 2009 isbn13 9781412810548 isbn10 141281054x
abridged n isbn 13 9781412810548 number in series 1 number of pages 284 publisher transaction pub release date 62135769600000