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Edward J. Balleisen CV

Professor Emeritus of History
History
Box 90003, Durham, NC 27708-0719
216 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Books


Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff

Book · February 1, 2017 Featured Work Economic duplicity has bedeviled American markets from the founding of the Republic. This wide-ranging history emphasizes the enduring connections between capitalist innovation and business fraud, as well as the vexed efforts by private organizations and ... Open Access Cite

Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff

Book · January 1, 2017 In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit. In this sweeping narrative, Edward Balleisen traces the history of fraud in Am ... Cite

Business Regulation

Book · June 2015 Featured Work This comprehensive collection conveys leading scholarly ideas on modern regulatory governance since 1871. The first two volumes lay out the rationales for and critiques of technocratic governance in industrialized societies. They trace the evolution of reg ... Cite

Business Regulation (3 volumes)

Book · 2015 Featured Work Research Collection ... Cite

Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation

Book · 2009 Featured Work After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that reg ... Cite