Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff
By Edward J. Balleisen
Description
In this book, you will learn the history of fraud in America and the evolving efforts to combat it – from the age of P.T. Barnum through the eras of Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff.
Starting from the days of “buyer beware” in the early nineteenth century, "Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff" describes the gradual construction of regulatory institutions to protect consumers and investors – from the Gilded Age through the New Deal and the Great Society. It concludes with the recent era of deregulation, which has brought with it costly frauds, including the savings and loan crisis, corporate accounting scandals and the subprime mortgage crisis.
Product Details
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 978-0-691-16455-7 |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Published | 2017 |
| Pages | 496 |
| Format | Hardcover |
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | |
| Part I | Duplicity and the Evolution of American Capitalism |
| Chapter 1 | The Enduring Dilemmas of Antifraud Regulation |
| Chapter 2 | The Shape-Shifting, Never-Changing World of Fraud |
| Part II | A Nineteenth-Century World of Caveat Emptor (1810s to 1880s) |
| Chapter 3 | The Porousness of the Law |
| Chapter 4 | Channels of Exposure |
| Part III | Professionalization, Moralism, and the Elite Assault on Deception (1860s to 1930s) |
| Chapter 5 | The Beginnings of a Modern Administrative State |
| Chapter 6 | Innovation, Moral Economy, and the Postmaster General's Peace |
| Chapter 7 | The Businessmen's War to End All Fraud |
| Chapter 8 | Quandaries of Procedural Justice |
| Part IV | The Call for Investor and Consumer Protection (1930s to 1970s) |
| Chapter 9 | Moving Toward Caveat Venditor |
| Chapter 10 | Consumerism and the Reorientation of Antifraud Policy |
| Chapter 11 | The Promise and Limits of the Antifraud State |
| Part V | The Market Strikes Back (1970s to 2010s) |
| Chapter 12 | Neoliberalism and the Rediscovery of Business Fraud |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Index | |
| Notes |
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