Capitalism, Kinship, and Fraud: The Case of Bernie Madoff.
Investment broker Bernie Madoff ran what is still considered the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding thousands of investors over a 20-year period of more than $20 billion. He worked his game almost entirely through kinship connections--relatives, friends of relatives, and relatives of friend...
| Publicado en: | Social Analysis Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 1 - 25 |
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Autumn2019
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