Story Behind The Book
History of Greed provides a comprehensive history of financial fraud. In it, David E. Y. Sarna exposes the true and often riveting stories of how both naïve and sophisticated investors alike were fooled by unscrupulous entrepreneurs, lawyers, hedge fund managers, CPAs, Texas billionaires, political fundraisers, music managers, financial advisers, and even former Mossad agents. From the people behind the financial fraud and how they did it to why people continually fall prey to scam artists, Sarna outlines what actions you can take today to protect yourself from becoming the victim of tomorrow’s “too good to be true” investment opportunity. History of Greed details how markets are manipulated, books are cooked, Ponzi schemes are hatched, and how the government only closes the barn door once the cows have all escaped.
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<p class="MsoNormal">“David Sarna has written an important, readable, erudite and compelling book that delves into all of the dark corners of the financial markets in a way that only one who is a knowledgeable<span> </span>intellectual like David, and who has seen, as David has, the inner-workings of the markets<span> </span>can do”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Andrew Malick, Chairman, Needham & Co.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“David Sarna has provided a close-up, insider’s view of some of the shenanigans going on in and around the financial capitals of the world. It is very readable, entertaining and almost funny until you realize all the lives that have been hurt by the combination of at best amoral and more correctly criminal acts aimed at investors of all stripes who foolishly expected and chased outsized returns. Sarna describes, all this against a backdrop of regulatory complacency, bonuses and salaries for the Titans of finance and industry who added little of anything to the quality of life for those who did not ride the gravy train with them.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jonathan Harris, CPA, Retired Senior Partner, “Big Four” Accounting Firm</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“David Sarna is a visionary technologist. He is also a sophisticated investor and financier.<strong></strong>He has written a readable, comprehensive, fascinating and well-researched book that explores troublesome aspects of the financial system in a way only an experienced insider could.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jay N. Goldberg, Senior Managing Director, Hudson Ventures</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“A comprehensive review of what has happened to us in our financial markets over and over and over and over again.<span> </span>It’s an important history, written with wit and delivered with wisdom.<span> </span>Undoubtedly, <em>History of Greed </em>will become required reading by anyone serious about understanding the capital markets.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Frederick L. Gorsetman, Founder and Managing Member, Oxbridge Financial Group LLC</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Fascinating!<span> </span>I did not think the trading of securities and reading about it could be that absorbing."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Carl Nisser, Swedish attorney who has worked with securities issues in Brussels, Jakarta, London, New York and Stockholm, member of the Legal and Tax Committee of a European stock exchange, and former Junior Judge at Svea Court of Appeal, Stockholm.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<em>History of Greed </em><span> </span>is right on the money and quite timely. I found a lot of information, much I did not know, and I have been around the industry for a while. It made me feel like a dunce once I saw how the manipulative trading on the OTC stock market really works.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Philip Fox, Insurance Executive and former Broker</p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p>