The con men : a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn /: a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leo Gough.
• Authors: Gough, Leo
• Contents: The horror stories -- Our touching need for confidence -- Shiny new inventions and old tricks -- Sharks or maniacs? -- Yielding to temptation : the Allen Stanford story -- Shamanagement : financial wizardry to create paper profits -- Some deadly sins of investment : trusting false prophets, investing for the apocalypse and the money illusion -- Moral hazard in the system -- Due negligence: failing to do the analysis -- Funds are not all the same! -- All the books are cooked : the trouble with company accounts -- Safer strategies.
• Publisher Details: Harlow, England : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 209 pages)
• Subjects: 364.1630973; Commercial crimes -- History; Fraud -- History; Financial institutions -- Corrupt practices -- History; Commercial crimes -- United States -- History; Fraud -- United States -- History; Financial institutions -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History; Infractions économiques -- Histoire; Fraude -- Histoire; Institutions financières -- Pratiques déloyales -- Histoire; Infractions économiques -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Fraude -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Institutions financières -- Pratiques déloyales -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Commercial crimes; Financial institutions -- Corrupt practices; Fraud; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1299956742; 9781299956742; 9780273751786; 0273751786; 0273751344; 9780273751342; 0273751778; 9780273751779
• Related ISBNs: 9780273751779
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.