June 23, 2007 at 18:39“The Great Scams of the 20th Century”
Sergey Golubitsky. “What is the name of your god?” The Great Scams of the 20th Century »
Publisher: Bestseller, 2004
Paperback, 336 pages (Volume 1)
Paperback, 304 pages (Volume 2)
ISBN 5-98158-008-9 (Volume 1)
ISBN 5-98158-009-7 (Volume 2)
Circulation: 3000 copies.
Format: 84x108 / 32
Volume 1
Volume 2
It so happened that I never strongly liked the columns of Sergei Golubitsky in Computerra.
However, by the will of fate, on one popular Internet book collapse, I downloaded the book “What is the name of your god?” Great scams of the 20th century. " The author is Sergey Golubitsky. Having crossed myself and being ready for anything, I proceeded to painfully reading.
Torment, however, was not. It turns out that outside of Computerra Sergey Golubitsky does not spew tons of pathos of humor and humor of pathos, and, as befits a specialist in exchange trading, he writes popular science books. This certainly and can be considered a "scam."
Actually, the book itself is divided into three approximately equal parts.
The first is the introduction and several fraud stories of various sizes: from medical transplantation of goat genital organs to people to the construction of the Panama Canal.
The second third is devoted to fraud in the US stock markets. Here, however, the story of the Amway company stands out, to which the author apparently has special feelings (“I have such a personal dislike, I can’t even eat”).
Finally, the third period of the struggle between Golubitsky and the swindlers completely went under the description of the life and death of the (financial) Enron Corporation. Sergei himself calls this part of the book an “economic novel.” In principle, deservedly.
In general, "Scams" are read with great interest even without special knowledge of economic terminology and economic realities. Moreover, as befits a popular science book, “Scams” implicitly forces the reader to delve deeper into this topic, with a keen interest in opening up the sphere of exchange trading and corporate governance.
The disadvantages of the work include the emotional coloring so characteristic of Golubitsky, of some moments and the often repeated tendency to dramatic "wretchedness" of the endings. For example, the epic with Enron ends literally at a glance.
Publisher: Bestseller, 2004
Paperback, 336 pages (Volume 1)
Paperback, 304 pages (Volume 2)
ISBN 5-98158-008-9 (Volume 1)
ISBN 5-98158-009-7 (Volume 2)
Circulation: 3000 copies.
Format: 84x108 / 32
Volume 1
Volume 2
It so happened that I never strongly liked the columns of Sergei Golubitsky in Computerra.
However, by the will of fate, on one popular Internet book collapse, I downloaded the book “What is the name of your god?” Great scams of the 20th century. " The author is Sergey Golubitsky. Having crossed myself and being ready for anything, I proceeded to painfully reading.
Torment, however, was not. It turns out that outside of Computerra Sergey Golubitsky does not spew tons of pathos of humor and humor of pathos, and, as befits a specialist in exchange trading, he writes popular science books. This certainly and can be considered a "scam."
Actually, the book itself is divided into three approximately equal parts.
The first is the introduction and several fraud stories of various sizes: from medical transplantation of goat genital organs to people to the construction of the Panama Canal.
The second third is devoted to fraud in the US stock markets. Here, however, the story of the Amway company stands out, to which the author apparently has special feelings (“I have such a personal dislike, I can’t even eat”).
Finally, the third period of the struggle between Golubitsky and the swindlers completely went under the description of the life and death of the (financial) Enron Corporation. Sergei himself calls this part of the book an “economic novel.” In principle, deservedly.
In general, "Scams" are read with great interest even without special knowledge of economic terminology and economic realities. Moreover, as befits a popular science book, “Scams” implicitly forces the reader to delve deeper into this topic, with a keen interest in opening up the sphere of exchange trading and corporate governance.
The disadvantages of the work include the emotional coloring so characteristic of Golubitsky, of some moments and the often repeated tendency to dramatic "wretchedness" of the endings. For example, the epic with Enron ends literally at a glance.