feynmanresearch Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 [amazonsearch]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586488120?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00[/amazonsearch] Fantastic book detailing the financial shenanigans and ingenuity of Ivar Kreuger, who essentially pioneered a lot of techniques that crooked management teams still use today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkhet Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Seconded. I had to read this for class. Very good book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieD Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Agreed. Enjoyable read. Merkhet, what class did you have to read this for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkhet Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Agreed. Enjoyable read. Merkhet, what class did you have to read this for? Chanos' class on the history of financial fraud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmpnd15 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 its a good one, monopoly in matches, sounds like fiction unfortunately its not, first I read about anyone issuing perpetual preferred. By 1932, he had 225 subsidiaries, during prior 7 years loaned $300M, manufactured 2/3rd of world matches, had operations in every civilized country except Russia, monopolies in 24 countries. https://goo.gl/VLQqwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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