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who was the man whose name has become synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul”
scam in which money from new investors is used to reward earlier ones? In
December 1919, he was an unknown thirty-eight-year-old, self-educated Italian
immigrant with a borrowed two hundred dollars in his pocket. Six months
later, he was Boston’s famed “wizard of finance,” lionized
by the public and politicians alike.
Based on exclusive interviews with people who knew Charles
Ponzi, lent him their money, and exposed him, Donald Dunn’s Ponzi
: The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons re-creates
both one of America’s most notorious and colorful financial con artists
and the mad money-hungry era in which he thrived.
“Packed with details and color and yielding a narrative that flows
as easily as that of a good pulp novel.”
-- CHICAGO DAILY NEWS --
“ Ponzi was superb at his game, and following his financial twists
and turns is a lot of fun.”
-- SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER --
"No swindler in history has operated with more style than the legendary
figure colorfully chronicled in this book."
-- WASHINGTON POST --
Donald Dunn was an editor at BusinessWeek for over twenty-five years and is the only journalist to have interviewed Charles Ponzi’s widow. more...
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