The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle

by Tamar Frankel

Book Overview

Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con artists are able to dazzle wealthy, educated individuals and sophisticated institutions and convince them to hand over huge sums of money. How?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199926611
• ISBN13: 9780199926619
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"