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<p> Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. <p> - Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org <p> MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book. <p> - The University Bookman <p> Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well. <p> - BizEd, 2007 <p> Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment. <p> - MBR Bookwatch

-From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals.- --E. L. Whalen, Choice -Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals.- --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org -MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book.- --The University Bookman -Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well.- --BizEd, 2007 -Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment.- --MBR Bookwatch From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals. --E. L. Whalen, Choice Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book. --The University Bookman Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well. --BizEd, 2007 Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment. --MBR Bookwatch From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals. --E. L. Whalen, Choice Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book. --The University Bookman Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well. --BizEd, 2007 Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment. --MBR Bookwatch From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals. --E. L. Whalen, Choice Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. - Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain pe Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. - Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book. - The University Bookman Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well. - BizEd, 2007 Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment. - MBR Bookwatch Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. - Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book. - The University Bookman Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well. - BizEd, 2007 Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment. - MBR Bookwatch

From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals. </p> --E. L. Whalen<em>, Choice</em></p> <em> Separating Fools from their Money</em> is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. </p> --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org</p> MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book. </p> --<em>The University Bookman</em></p> Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly edifying as well. </p> --BizEd, 2007</p> Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than baseball... Never boring, <em>Separating Fools From Their Money</em> is recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment. </p> --<em>MBR Bookwatch</em></p>

From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals. --E. L. Whalen, Choice Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspecti

<p> From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the 1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and professionals. <p> --E. L. Whalen, Choice <p> Separating Fools from their Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on American financial scandals. <p> - Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on ASISonline.org <p> MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain pe

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Scott B. MacDonald is a partner and co-head of research at Aladdin Capital Management, LLC. He is the author of European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations and the co-author, with Albert L. Gastmann, of A History of Credit and Power in the Western World, both available from Transaction. Jane E. Hughes is a professor of finance at Hult International Business School in Boston. She is the co-author, with Scott B. MacDonald, of International Banking and, with Scott B. MacDonald and David Leith Crum, of New Tiger and Old Elephants available from Transaction.

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