1st Edition
Separating Fools from Their Money A History of American Financial Scandals
By Scott B. MacDonald
Copyright 2007
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 Milken's Predators Ball in 1985, or Dennis Kozlowski's Sardinian birthday bash in 2001, with its vodka-spouting sculpture.) Which... Read more
Revised Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Wall Street Loses Its Innocence: William Duer and the Panic of 1792, 3. The Gilded Age Part I: All That Glitters, 4. The Gilded Age Part II: Of Presidents and Bankers, 5. Teapot Dome Erupts, 6. Empires Undone: Samuel Insull, the Emperor of Utilities, 7. The Decade of Greed: Michael Milken, Junk Bonds, and Insiders (1980s), 8. The Decade of Greed, Continued: Where the Money Is, 9. The 1990s B.E. (Before Enron): A Few Bad Apples, or Rotten to the Core?, 10. Enron Etc. Vol. I: Crooks, Liars, and Envelope-Pushers, 11. Enron Etc. Vol. II: Enablers, Symbols, and Scapegoats, 12. Eliot the Untouchable (Spitzer, not Ness), 13. Conclusion, Postscript: The Financial Panic of 2007-2008, Selected Bibliography, Index
Biography
Scott B. MacDonald
