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Ancient high finance and public scrutiny across ages
The text argues that practices like stock watering and false returns are centuries old and parallel to early pooling schemes. It cites the biblical Ananias and Sapphira as a cautionary precedent for modern investigators and warns that some financiers seek secrecy and elevated status, avoiding public scrutiny.
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Apostle of High Finance
Annanina Et Sapphira
Acts
Interstate Commerce Commission