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Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future (EP.02)

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The Greatest Fraudster of All Time, John Law

jamie, i think maybe one of the greatest, towering fraudsters of all time, john law. I always tell my students who ask me about crypto currencies s that they me a little bit less recently than a couple of years ago. A lot of fraud spoild nto accounting and or a ponse finance, in that something's too good to be true, but needs new investors to keep the game going. That often fraudsters and fraudulent companies are some of the most charitable ety tane,. If you think about their paragons in their community. So there are some observations that we can look inc the idea that this woman is exhibiting some of these characteristics.

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