Systems of Deceit:Financial Fraud and Scandal in the United Kingdom, 1700–2010

Steven Toms

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Abstract: Financial fraud is a serious and seemingly intractable problem. Financial scandals regularly punctuate newspaper headlines and regulators and auditors appear bereft of effective responses. But has this always been the case?

Keywords: Financial History; Financial Fraud; British; Corruption; Stockjobbing; Bribery; Forgery; Embezzlement; Monopoly; Accounting; Auditing; Capitalism; Banking; Accounting Scandals; Financial Deregulation; Global Financial Crisis; United Kingdom Great Depression; Wall Street; Mercantile Capitalism; Laissez Faire Capitalism; Monopoly Capitalism; Professionalisation; Managerial Capitalism; Financial Capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B2 B27 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9789811281006
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