The rise and fall of a tax shelter industry that enabled some of America's richest citizens to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
How do they do it? Why are they successful? And what keeps us falling for it, over and over again? These are the questions that journalist and psychologist Maria Konnikova tackles in her mesmerizing new book.
In The Confidence Game, journalist Steven Solomon penetrates the closed circles of some of the most powerful and least known figures in the global economy - the central bankers. As...
Unravels the story of the credit crisis through an engaging and human drama Draws on unprecedented access to one of Wall Street's best-known investors Shows how excessive leverage, dangerous financial models, and a blind reliance on triple ...
Finally, on a layover in Dallas in early 1988, she called a friend, Dr. Skip Garvey. He listened to her describe her symptoms for about five minutes. He ordered immediate blood tests. The next day, when he told her she was physically ...
Physical Literacy on the Move is a practical resource to help you guide students toward physical literacy.
This is a fun, imaginative and creative resource designed to help children aged 7--13 get thinking and talking about their feelings and the issues that affect their lives.
This is a collection of essays, musings, ideas, and general thoughts on confidence games and confidence men.
The Mental Game of Poker: Proven Strategies for Improving Tilt Control, Confidence, Motivation, Coping with Variance, and More
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 ...
Un film di foto anziché di fotogrammi. Protagoniste le persone normali, colte in momenti qualsiasi di giornate comuni. L'autore sviluppa con astuzia al limite dell'inganno un rapporto confidenziale di totale...