Steel's : A Forgotten Stock Market Scandal from the 1920s /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dyer, Dave (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Steel, L. R, > 1878-1923.
Ponzi schemes.
Investment advisors.
Fraud.
Financial services industry > Corrupt practices.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Conseillers en placements > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Fraude > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Ponzi, Plans > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Services financiers > Pratiques deloyales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Financial services industry > Corrupt practices > United States > Case studies.
Ponzi schemes > United States > Case studies.
Fraud > United States > Case studies.
Investment advisors > United States > Case studies.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The man who did almost everything right : the right business at the right time in the right place
  • The creative promise of the L.R. Steel Company : ten thousand lollipops
  • Inventing the infomercial : fifty endings
  • The life of a salesman at the L.R. Steel Company : "how's yer pep?"
  • The stores : the best fifty-cent chicken dinner in Canada
  • The Denver miracle : "meet me at Steel's corner"
  • The late-night meeting : "well, folks, here we are"
  • L.R.'s last train ride : "I was awakened by a peculiar sound"
  • Was it a Ponzi scheme? : Would a crook live next to a chicken farm?
  • What went wrong? : failure is an option
  • The legacy of failure : life goes on-- or not.

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