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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edward J. BalleisenPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691183077ISBN 10: 0691183074 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 18 December 2018 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsA fascinating, gripping, two-hundred-year history of fraud . . . the reaction to it and the cost to American livelihoods. --Ralph Nader Balleisen argues that fraud has been a central figure of our freewheeling economy from the start, making it hard to tell scams from legitimate businesses and hard to tell aggressive sales tactics from outright deception. --Carina Chocano, New York Times Magazine At this political moment, few books could be more timely than Fraud. . . . Balleisen's book provides a far more sweeping view than its predecessors, offering a much-needed big-picture perspective. . . . [R]ollicking and engaging. . . . Its moral seems to be that Americans are fools, led to economic ruin by their own credulity, again and again and again. --Brooke Harrington, TheAtlantic.com Well-written and deeply researched. --Tyler Cowen, Times Literary Supplement Edward J. Balleisen, Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Edward J. Balleisen, Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Well-written and deeply researched. --Tyler Cowen, Times Literary Supplement At this political moment, few books could be more timely than Fraud. . . . Balleisen's book provides a far more sweeping view than its predecessors, offering a much-needed big-picture perspective. . . . [R]ollicking and engaging. . . . Its moral seems to be that Americans are fools, led to economic ruin by their own credulity, again and again and again. --Brooke Harrington, TheAtlantic.com A fascinating, gripping, two-hundred-year history of fraud . . . the reaction to it and the cost to American livelihoods. --Ralph Nader Balleisen argues that fraud has been a central figure of our freewheeling economy from the start, making it hard to tell scams from legitimate businesses and hard to tell aggressive sales tactics from outright deception. --Carina Chocano, New York Times Magazine Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Well-written and deeply researched. --Tyler Cowen, Times Literary Supplement A fascinating, gripping, two-hundred-year history of fraud . . . the reaction to it and the cost to American livelihoods. --Ralph Nader Balleisen argues that fraud has been a central figure of our freewheeling economy from the start, making it hard to tell scams from legitimate businesses and hard to tell aggressive sales tactics from outright deception. --Carina Chocano, New York Times Magazine At this political moment, few books could be more timely than Fraud. . . . Balleisen's book provides a far more sweeping view than its predecessors, offering a much-needed big-picture perspective. . . . [R]ollicking and engaging. . . . Its moral seems to be that Americans are fools, led to economic ruin by their own credulity, again and again and again. --Brooke Harrington, TheAtlantic.com Edward J. Balleisen, Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Edward J. Balleisen, Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Well-written and deeply researched. --Tyler Cowen, Times Literary Supplement At this political moment, few books could be more timely than Fraud. . . . Balleisen's book provides a far more sweeping view than its predecessors, offering a much-needed big-picture perspective. . . . [R]ollicking and engaging. . . . Its moral seems to be that Americans are fools, led to economic ruin by their own credulity, again and again and again. --Brooke Harrington, TheAtlantic.com A fascinating, gripping, two-hundred-year history of fraud . . . the reaction to it and the cost to American livelihoods. --Ralph Nader Balleisen argues that fraud has been a central figure of our freewheeling economy from the start, making it hard to tell scams from legitimate businesses and hard to tell aggressive sales tactics from outright deception. --Carina Chocano, New York Times Magazine A fascinating, gripping, two-hundred-year history of fraud . . . the reaction to it and the cost to American livelihoods. --Ralph Nader Well-written and deeply researched. --Tyler Cowen, Times Literary Supplement Balleisen argues that fraud has been a central figure of our freewheeling economy from the start, making it hard to tell scams from legitimate businesses and hard to tell aggressive sales tactics from outright deception. --Carina Chocano, New York Times Magazine At this political moment, few books could be more timely than Fraud. . . . Balleisen's book provides a far more sweeping view than its predecessors, offering a much-needed big-picture perspective. . . . [R]ollicking and engaging. . . . Its moral seems to be that Americans are fools, led to economic ruin by their own credulity, again and again and again. --Brooke Harrington, TheAtlantic.com Edward J. Balleisen, Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Edward J. Balleisen, Winner of the 2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize, Business History Conference Winner of the 2018 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Author InformationEdward J. Balleisen is professor of history and public policy and vice provost for interdisciplinary studies at Duke University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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