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March 2, 2010
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Markopolos, a financial analyst, chanced upon one of the biggest financial frauds in history in late 1999 when his firm asked him to duplicate the returns of a wildly successful hedge fund run by esteemed Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff. After trying to reverse engineer Madoff's investment strategy, Markopolos concluded that the fund must be a fraud. Markopolos's book is about his decade-long obsession with Madoff's fraud and his frustrations over trying to get the authorities to intervene in what turned out to be a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. He reserves his harshest criticism for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which he says appeared to be non-functional. He recounts his celebrity after Madoff's exposure and includes recommendations for strengthening the expertise and capabilities of the SEC. One of his most astute observations is that the venality of those profiting from Madoff as investors or agents was a major factor in blinding them to the likelihood of something being amiss. VERDICT This angry account will please readers specifically interested in Markopolos' s role as a Madoff whistleblower. However, it falls short of being a full explanation of the Madoff fraud. Likely to be in high demand. » » » Xpress ReviewsXpress Reviews—First Look at New Books HighlightsCoping with Continual Motion Reference BackTalk: Learning To Swim—Talking with Salem Press’s Peter W. Tobey Best Sci-Tech Books of 2009 Music for the Masses: Don’t Call it Krautrock BookSmack! |
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LJ AlertsWeb 2.0, Social Networking, & Libraries
The third in an annual series of international conferences to be held at Columbia University on March 16 focuses on the multiplicity of diverse developments and directions in the application of Web 2.0, Social Networking, & Libraries. How libraries are using Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social networking tools to foster communication and promote service among librarians, between the library and the public, and among library users with each other—is the conference’s focus. Such leaders in social networking applications as Margaret Smith, NYU; Janie Hermann, Princeton PL; Damon Jaggers, Columbia University; and Yakov Shrayberg, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, will share how Web 2.0 and social networking are used to successfully promote and introduce innovative and cutting edge library services as well as explore national trends and applications in the U.S. and Russia. Complete conference program and registration information available here. Christian Fiction
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