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| Martin Chuzzlewit-The Ponzies |
Everything I learned initially about ponzi schemes, I learned from reading Martin Chuzzlewit, Dicken's novel written in 1841, and Little Dorrit, my most favourite novel of all, written in 1857.
If you do not want to read the books, the excellent BBC series are on YouTube. Or buy the DVDs.
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09 Jul 2013
Tom Pinch is an example of a really good person in Charles Dickens. In Martin Chuzzlewit, Pinch at first seems weak and basically, a deluded push-over in the household of the completely evil, deceit-filled Pecksniff.
20 Jan 2013
Plus, I read all the Jane Austen novels yet again for the umpteenth time last year. I need to go back to my journey through all the Dickens. I have read several Dickens many times, and same with George Eliot. Reading is good.
19 Sep 2012
and ownership across England, those satanic mills conquering small alleyways and arches. There is still conquest in these words, an old lettering a new idea of propriete mocked much later by Dickens, who most likely walked ...
13 Jun 2012
This transportation of the imagination lies in a masterpiece, such as Dante's Divine Comedy, Dickens' Little Dorrit, or E. M. Foster's Howard's End. Few book or poems can carry us into the mind of the maker, who creates for us ...
28 Jun 2012
I showed my friends where Twining's Teas started in 1705, when the newspapers of the empire used to hold sway, and where Dickens and Johnson met their friends. We did not get to the area of Bleeding Heart Yard, nor ...
27 Nov 2012
To me, Christmas, as described by Dickens, is in the heart, not in the presents. For those who are not Catholic, nor Christian, Christmas is a time for gathering, having dinner, celebrating something, maybe or maybe nothing.
21 Aug 2012
from Dickens, yelling their names under the lamplight, telling their stories after midnight, as if no one could hear. Eppillus would be amused at the various lovers' tiffs surrounding his lands and punctuating the steam of the ...
22 May 2012
As I am working my way through all the novels of Dickens, I managed one (out of the four since November 3rd). I am also re-reading E. M. Forster, some novels of which I taught years ago. I read two books on St. John of the ...
26 May 2012
It imposes its will when it serves the cause (no to marijuana, yes to homosexual marriage), and prevents states from enforcing immigration laws. A comparison with Dickens is compelling: State: "We want to enforce immigration ...
08 May 2012
I find it interesting that the vast majority of socialists I meet are either atheists or Catholics. Something is wrong here. Ironically, as I am re-reading all of Dickens systematically, I re-read The Tale of Two Cities two weeks ago.
Reality check on big ponzi schemes, and watch the whole thing.