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The Big Con

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Author : Nate Hendley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2016-09-06

The Big Con written by Nate Hendley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Law categories.

This book examines a broad range of infamous scams, cons, swindles, and hoaxes throughout American history—and considers why human gullibility continues in an age of easy access to information. Covering American cons and hoaxes past and present, including the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, the controversy over "subliminal messaging" (do bands, filmmakers, and advertisers really put secret messages in their works?), the panic about "satanic" daycare operators in the 1980s, and recent Internet scams, this book provides a fascinating, fact-based look at infamous frauds across the centuries. Offering an engaging mix of history, sociology, and psychology, author Nate Hendley gives readers an appreciation of how prominent scams, cons, "confidence men," and hoaxes have impacted American society, past and present. Each entry details the scheme or hoax and the pertinent con artist/schemer involved, examining the sociological, cultural, political, and/or economic effect of the scams. Each topic is accompanied by a short bibliography of further reading selections. As the old saying goes, "There is a sucker born every minute"—and there has always been a keen-eyed swindler to take advantage of the situation. The Big Con: Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History explores this sordid underbelly of American civilization and invites readers to revel in the felonious experience.

The Big Con

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Author : David Maurer
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2010-10-27

The Big Con written by David Maurer and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-27 with Social Science categories.

The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that Luc Sante in Salon called “a bonanza of wild but credible stories, told concisely with deadpan humor, as sly and rich in atmosphere as anything this side of Mark Twain.” “Of all the grifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat,” wrote David Maurer, a proposition he definitely proved in The Big Con, one of the most colorful, well-researched, and entertaining works of criminology ever written. A professor of linguistics who specialized in underworld argot, Maurer won the trust of hundreds of swindlers, who let him in on not simply their language but their folkways and the astonishingly complex and elaborate schemes whereby unsuspecting marks, hooked by their own greed and dishonesty, were “taken off” – i.e. cheated—of thousands upon thousands of dollars. The Big Con is a treasure trove of American lingo (the write, the rag, the payoff, ropers, shills, the cold poke, the convincer, to put on the send) and indelible characters (Yellow Kid Weil, Barney the Patch, the Seldom Seen Kid, Limehouse Chappie, Larry the Lug). It served as the source for the Oscar-winning film The Sting.

The Big Con

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Author : Mariana Mazzucato
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 2026-01-20

The Big Con written by Mariana Mazzucato and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2026-01-20 with Business & Economics categories.

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry—and what to do about it There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today that must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies’ reliance on companies such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability, and impedes our collective mission of halting climate breakdown. The “Big Con” describes the confidence trick the consulting industry performs in contracts with hollowed-out and risk-averse governments and shareholder value-maximizing firms. It grew from the 1980s and 1990s in the wake of reforms by the neoliberal right and Third Way progressives, and it thrives on the ills of modern capitalism, from financialization and privatization to the climate crisis. It is possible because of the unique power that big consultancies wield through extensive contracts and networks—as advisors, legitimators, and outsourcers—and the illusion that they are objective sources of expertise and capacity. In the end, the Big Con weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies. In The Big Con, Mazzucato and Collington throw back the curtain on the consulting industry. They dive deep into important case studies of consultants taking the reins with disastrous results, such as the debacle of the roll out of HealthCare.gov and the tragic failures of governments to respond adequately to the COVID-19 pandemic. The result is an important and exhilarating intellectual journey into the modern economy’s beating heart. With peerless scholarship, and a wealth of original research, Mazzucato and Collington argue brilliantly for building a new system in which public and private sectors work innovatively for the common good.

All The Year Round

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894

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The Big Con

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Author : Tony Sales
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11

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The Big Serenade

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Author : George Salladé Howard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

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Peninsular Methodist

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

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The Conservative

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Author : Julius Sterling Morton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900

The Conservative written by Julius Sterling Morton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with Social sciences categories.

A journal devoted to the discussion of political, economic, and sociological questions.

Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World

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Author : W. C. TAYLOR
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890

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The Billboard

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931

The Billboard written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Music categories.