Pump And Dump

by Tillman, Robert H.

• ISBN13: 9780813536804
• ISBN10: 0813536804
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-15
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
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Summary

"At a time when there is growing debate about proposals to privatize programs like Social Security and to promote an "ownership society," Pump and Dump offers a path-breaking analysis of America's most urgent economic problem: a system that relies on self-regulation and the rancid politics that continue to support the short-term interests of financial elites over the long-term interests of most Americans."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Michael L. Indergaard is an associate professor of sociology at St. John's University in New York City. Robert H. Tillman is a professor of sociology at St. John's University in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(29)
The Classic Pump and Dump	30	(23)
The Power Merchants	53	(49)
Too Much of a Good Thing: The Rat's Nest in Telecom	102	(35)
The Webs They Weave: Dot-Coms and the IPO Machine	137	(32)
Professional Pumpsters and Financial Engineers: Looking at the Bright Side (Banking on the Dark Side)	169	(34)
Counting on the Upside: Accountants and Lawyers Who ``Got It''	203	(33)
Forgive and Forget: Responses to Corporate Corruption	236	(30)
Conclusions	266	(17)
Notes	283	(34)
Index	317