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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781982114930
- Book Title
- Lying for Money : How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- True Crime, Social Science, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Business Ethics, White Collar Crime, Sociology / General, Entrepreneurship
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1982114932
ISBN-13
9781982114930
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19038564832
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lying for Money : How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of the World
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Business Ethics, White Collar Crime, Sociology / General, Entrepreneurship
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-058227
Reviews
"Dan Davies tells all these stories with verve and wit ... Much of the book is a romp through the crimes of scoundrels - Ponzi, Madoff, Keating, the Krays ... Yet what takes it from absorbing to excellent is the author's insight. Read Lying for Money and you will look at fraud in a whole new way. Actually, you will look at every market transaction you take part in in a whole new way." -- Sunday Times (UK), "If you want to learn to fend [off] fraud, read this. And if you want to commit fraud ... don't. But if you absolutely must, first read this." -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "An engaging and indispensable guide for novice fraudsters - and for those who want to keep out of their clutches." --John Kay, author of Other People's Money, "Swindling is never a black and white business, and Davies is good on the shades of grey in fraud-land." -- Financial Times, "Swindling is never a black and white business, and Davies is good on the shades of grey in fraud-land." -- Financial Times "Readers who like their true-crime stories laced with economics will enjoy these forays into the dark side." -- Kirkus Reviews, "If you want to learn to fend fraud, read this. And if you want to commit fraud ... don't. But if you absolutely must, first read this." -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
364.16/3
Synopsis
An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written by an industry insider who's an expert in the field. The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later, when it all unwinds. Financial crime seems horribly complicated, but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In Lying for Money , veteran regulatory economist and market analyst Dan Davies tells the story of fraud through a genealogy of financial malfeasance, including: the Great Salad Oil swindle, the Pigeon King International fraud, the fictional British colony of Poyais in South America, the Boston Ladies' Deposit Company, the Portuguese Banknote Affair, Theranos, and the Bre-X scam. Davies brings new insights into these schemes and shows how all frauds, current and historical, belong to one of four categories ("long firm," counterfeiting, control fraud, and market crimes) and operate on the same basic principles. The only elements that change are the victims, the scammers, and the terminology. Davies has years of experience picking the bones out of some of the most famous frauds of the modern age. Now he reveals the big picture that emerges from their labyrinths of deceit and explains how fraud has shaped the entire development of the modern world economy., An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written "with verve and wit" ( The Sunday Times , London) by an industry insider who's an expert in the field. The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later, when it all unwinds. Financial crime seems horribly complicated, but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In Lying for Money , veteran regulatory economist and market analyst Dan Davies tells the story of fraud through a genealogy of financial malfeasance, including: the Great Salad Oil swindle, the Pigeon King International fraud, the fictional British colony of Poyais in South America, the Boston Ladies' Deposit Company, the Portuguese Banknote Affair, Theranos, and the Bre-X scam. Davies brings new insights into these schemes and shows how all frauds, current and historical, belong to one of four categories ("long firm," counterfeiting, control fraud, and market crimes) and operate on the same basic principles. The only elements that change are the victims, the scammers, and the terminology. Revealing some of the most famous frauds of the modern age, Davies explains how fraud has shaped the entire development of the modern world economy. For those "who like their true-crime stories laced with economics will enjoy these forays into the dark side" ( Kirkus Reviews ) this is a gripping and vivid look at modern market societies.
LC Classification Number
HV6691.D38 2021
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