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Facts, Failures, and Frauds: Revelations, Financial, Mercantile, Criminal (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The delight experienced by persons of a sensitive humanity at that alteration in the criminal code, by which death was declared too severe a penalty for the crime of forgery, must have been not a little qualified by the increase of dishonesty that has followed the mitigation of the law. While, on the one hand, the dread of that punishment, which, whatever specious argument may be advanced to the contrary, will ever be regarded with the greatest awe by the multitude, has been cancelled from the list of moral obstacles; on the other hand, a variety of circumstances favourable to the most reckless speculation have arisen to remind the world of the old days of the South Sea and the Mississippi speculations, and a generally diffused taste for luxurious living has proved a constant incentive to profuse expenditure. With tempta tions to crime infinitely multiplied, and with impediments reduced to a minimum, it is no wonder that the last twenty years afford materials for one of the darkest pages in the commercial history of this country - that many have arrived at a high art in guilt, while high arts of a more innocent kind have been manifestly on the decline.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the dramatic rise and fall of companies and individuals in the mid-19th century, during the British railway expansion era. The author explores the motivations and ruthlessness of speculators of the time, many of whom sought quick wealth without regard for ethics or the law. One such was Mr. George Hudson, an influential figure who made a name for himself in railway circles but later faced accusations of financial mismanagement. The author delves into the stories of Hudson and others to provide a sobering account of the dangers of unchecked speculation and highlights the importance of corporate ethics. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781331896739_0
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