Jane E. Hughes is a director at Social Finance US. She is an
adjunct professor at Simmons College School of Management and
Boston College Carroll School of Management. Hughes co-authored,
with Scott B. MacDonald, International Banking and, with Scott B.
MacDonald and David Leith Crum, New Tigers and Old Elephants.
Scott B. MacDonald is a senior managing director and head of
research at MC Asset Management Holdings, LLC. His numerous books
include European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations; A History of
Credit and Power in the Western World; and Asia's Rise in the 21st
Century.
-From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued
with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In
an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin
Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International
Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles
and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of
events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the
Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the
first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the
1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the
current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful
scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of
former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to
curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new
regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern
emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the
past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of
the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up:
Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and
professionals.- --E. L. Whalen, Choice -Separating Fools from their
Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining.
Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements,
which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as
businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of
readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on
American financial scandals.- --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield
International, on ASISonline.org -MacDonald and Hughes vividly
recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different
epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the
Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the
present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of
recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book.- --The University
Bookman -Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and
informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street...
The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk,
Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and
highly edifying as well.- --BizEd, 2007 -Taking other peoples money
is more of an American pastime than baseball...Never boring,
Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary
read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment.- --MBR
Bookwatch
-I loved the book Separating Fools from Their Money. It is an
extremely useful work, indeed, absolutely essential for scholars
and financial specialists. Indispensable!- -- Everton Jobim
"From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued
with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In
an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin
Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International
Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles
and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of
events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the
Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the
first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the
1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the
current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful
scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of
former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to
curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new
regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern
emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the
past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of
the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up:
Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and
professionals." --E. L. Whalen, Choice "Separating Fools from their
Money is not only extremely useful, but also highly entertaining.
Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic elements,
which makes this book accessible to general readers as well as
businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination of
readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer on
American financial scandals." --Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield
International, on ASISonline.org "MacDonald and Hughes vividly
recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four different
epochs of American history: the early days of the Republic, the
Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s through the
present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and understanding of
recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book." --The University
Bookman "Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and
informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street...
The tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk,
Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and
highly edifying as well." --BizEd, 2007 "Taking other peoples money
is more of an American pastime than baseball...Never boring,
Separating Fools From Their Money is recommended as a cautionary
read as well as a fascinating source of entertainment." --MBR
Bookwatch
"I loved the book Separating Fools from Their Money. It is an
extremely useful work, indeed, absolutely essential for scholars
and financial specialists. Indispensable!" -- Everton Jobim
"From 1792 to the present, US financial markets have been plagued
with periodic scandals originating on or involving Wall Street. In
an entertaining but professional style, MacDonald (partner, Aladdin
Capital Management, LCC) and Hughes (finance, Hult International
Business School, Boston) analyze many of those boom and bust cycles
and discern common characteristics, participants, and unfolding of
events. Their attention shifts from the Panic of 1792, to the
Gilded Age after the Civil War, to the Roaring Twenties in the
first half of the 20th century. The interlinked scandals of the
1980s and 1990s are then examined, and the authors continue to the
current millennium where Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom receive careful
scrutiny. They conclude with an examination of the attempts of
former New York attorney general (now governor) Eliot Spitzer to
curb aberrant behavior, and federal legislation imposing new
regulations and surveillance. The authors see a familiar pattern
emerging, suggesting that just as scandals have occurred in the
past so also they will occur in the future, despite the reaction of
the public, the government, and regulators. Summing Up:
Recommended. General readers; students at all levels; faculty and
professionals." --E. L. Whalen, Choice ""Separating Fools from
their Money" is not only extremely useful, but also highly
entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to their most basic
elements, which makes this book accessible to general readers as
well as businesspeople and financial specialists. This combination
of readibility and usability makes this book the definitive primer
on American financial scandals." --Dan Bergevin, principal of
Catfield International, on ASISonline.org "MacDonald and Hughes
vividly recount the most nefarious financial scandals in four
different epochs of American history: the early days of the
Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the 1980s
through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective and
understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this book."
--The University "Bookman" "Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes
give a lively and informative account of the very checkered past of
Wall Street... The tales of characters such as William Duer,
Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply
entertaining and highly edifying as well." --BizEd, 2007 "Taking
other peoples money is more of an American pastime than
baseball...Never boring, "Separating Fools From Their Money" is
recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of
entertainment." "--MBR Bookwatch"
"I loved the book "Separating Fools from Their Money." It is an
extremely useful work, indeed, absolutely essential for scholars
and financial specialists. Indispensable!" -- Everton Jobim
""Separating Fools from their Money" is not only extremely useful,
but also highly entertaining. Many complex scandals are reduced to
their most basic elements, which makes this book accessible to
general readers as well as businesspeople and financial
specialists. This combination of readibility and usability makes
this book the definitive primer on American financial
scandals."
--Dan Bergevin, principal of Catfield International, on
ASISonline.org
"MacDonald and Hughes vividly recount the most nefarious financial
scandals in four different epochs of American history: the early
days of the Republic, the Gilded Age, the Roaring Twenties, and the
1980s through the present....Readers seeking to gain perspective
and understanding of recent scandals will thoroughly enjoy this
book."
--The University "Bookman"
"Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes give a lively and
informative account of the very checkered past of Wall Street. The
tales of characters such as William Duer, Diamond Jim Fisk, Michael
Milken, and Dennis Kozlowski are deeply entertaining and highly
edifying as well."
-- BizEd, 2007
"Taking other peoples money is more of an American pastime than
baseball.Never boring, "Separating Fools From Their Money" is
recommended as a cautionary read as well as a fascinating source of
entertainment."
-- "MBR Bookwatch"
"I loved the book "Separating Fools from Their Money". It is an
extremely useful work, indeed, absolutely essential for scholars
and financial specialists. Indispensable!" -- Everton Jobim
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