The Believers
How America Fell For Bernard Madoff's Dollar 65 Billion Investment Scam
(Sprache: Englisch)
Die Geschichte von Bernie Madoff ist teils Finanzskandal, teils griechische Tragödie: wie konnte es passieren, dass dieser angesehene Mann das Vermögen so vieler Verbände, Stiftungen und Einzelpersonen verpuffen lassen konnte? Nichts scheint ihm heilig...
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Die Geschichte von Bernie Madoff ist teils Finanzskandal, teils griechische Tragödie: wie konnte es passieren, dass dieser angesehene Mann das Vermögen so vieler Verbände, Stiftungen und Einzelpersonen verpuffen lassen konnte? Nichts scheint ihm heilig gewesen zu sein, er, eine Säule der jüdischen Gemeinschaft, hat selbst den Nobelpreisträger und Überlebenden von Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel, um seine Stiftungsgelder gebracht. Weshalb schenkte man ihm dieses unendliche Vertrauen?
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How America fell for financier Bernie Madoff's $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 Madoff's 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.
Autoren-Porträt von Adam LeBor
Adam Lebor is an author and journalist with more than 25 years' experience, who brings alive the human story behind his tenacious investigations.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Adam LeBor
- 2010, 256 Seiten, Maße: 12,7 x 19,3 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Orion
- ISBN-10: 0753827433
- ISBN-13: 9780753827437
Sprache:
Englisch
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'Adam LeBor explains the Madoff phenomenon brilliantly...a very good analysis.' -- William Leith LONDON EVENING STANDARD 'his intelligent study offers disquieting glimpses into the fin-de-siecle lifestyle of America's financial elite' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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