How did a long series of ‘scams and scandals’ build our modern economy, with its vast array of trust-building mechanisms? >>>
How Criminals Built Capitalism
Whenever buyers and sellers get together, opportunities to fleece the other guy arise. The history of markets is, in part, the history of lying, cheating and stealing — and of the effort down the years to fight commercial crime…..
p.s. you can get to book here: Forging Capitalism: Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance
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