The Believers: How America Fell For Bernard Madoff's $65 Billion Investment Scam, Paperback Book, By: Adam Lebor
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The Believers: How America Fell For Bernard Madoff's $65 Billion Investment Scam, Paperback Book, By: Adam Lebor
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How America fell for financier Bernie Madoffs $65 billion investment scam.
It was luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he had strived so hard to join, vaporising the assets of charities, foundations and individuals that had trusted him with their funds. It seems nothing was sacrosanct to Madoff, possibly the greatest con-man in history. Even Elie Wiesel's foundation has lost tens of millions. How could Madoff, a pillar of the Jewish community, do this to a Nobel Laureate and Auschwitz survivor? But Wiesel was hardly alone in trusting the rogue financier. How could some of the most sophisticated and worldly people in America fall victim to a collective delusion for year after year?
The Believers answers these unsettling questions. It opens up the clubbish world where Madoff operated, tracing the links from Palm Beach and The Hamptons to the salons and clubs of Manhattan society. It details the network of relationships across which flows hundreds of millions of dollars. 'The Believers' shows how despite material success and acclaim, some human impulses remain eternal. It reveals how an underlying sense of insecurity still shapes some of the richest and most successful individuals in America, making them crave ever more status and peer acclaim. By focusing on Madoffs connection to, and catastrophic impact on, the American Jewish community, The Believers dramatically humanises a story that is part financial scandal and part Greek tragedy.
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- Books Author: Adam Lebor
- Number Of Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Books Category: Politics & Social Sciences
- Book Format: Paperback
- Books_ISBN: 0753827433
- Other Feature 1: Edition: Reprint Edition
- Other Feature 2: Weight: 277 grams
- Other Feature 3: Size: 213 x 137 x 25 mm
- Publication Date: October 13, 2010