Fraud : : An American History from Barnum to Madoff / / Edward J. Balleisen.
The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innovation. At the same time, compe...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Duplicity and the Evolution of American Capitalism
- Chapter One: The Enduring Dilemmas of Antifraud Regulation
- Chapter Two: The Shape- Shifting, Never-Changing World of Fraud
- Part II: A Nineteenth- Century World of Caveat Emptor (1810s to 1880s)
- Chapter Three: The Porousness of the Law
- Chapter Four: Channels of Exposure
- Part III: Professionalization, Moralism, and the Elite Assault on Deception (1860s to 1930s)
- Chapter Five: The Beginnings of a Modern Administrative State
- Chapter Six: Innovation, Moral Economy, and the Postmaster General's Peace
- Chapter Seven: The Businessmen's War to End All Fraud
- Chapter Eight: Quandaries of Procedural Justice
- Part IV: The Call for Investor and Consumer Protection (1930s to 1970s)
- Chapter Nine: Moving toward Caveat Venditor
- Chapter Ten: Consumerism and the Reorientation of Antifraud Policy
- Chapter Eleven: The Promise and Limits of the Antifraud State
- Part V: The Market Strikes Back (1970s to 2010s)
- Chapter Twelve: Neoliberalism and the Rediscovery of Business Fraud
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index