Duke’s Edward Balleisen discusses history of American business fraud

March 6, 2019

Dr, Edward Balleisen, professor of history at Duke University, discusses themes from his book Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff. Balleisen offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.

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