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29 mar 2011 · Confidence Game: How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff is the story of Bill Ackman's six-year campaign to warn that the $2.5 trillion bond insurance business was a catastrophe waiting to happen.
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1 gen 2015 · The confidence game—the con—is an exercise in soft skills. Trust, sympathy, persuasion. The true con artist doesn’t force us to do anything; he makes us complicit in our own undoing. He doesn’t steal. We give. He doesn’t have to threaten us. We supply the story ourselves. We believe because we want to, not because anyone made us.
Maria Konnikova is a writer and journalist who focuses on psychology. She studied psychology and creative writing at Harvard University and graduated magna c...
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Distribute The Confidence Game handout ( LMR_3.13) and explain the rules. Students will have about 5 minutes to complete the handout, which gives them approximately 30 seconds per question. Note: The rules are printed at the beginning of the handout. They are included here for your convenience. Each question must be answered WITH AN INTERVAL.
Confidence - La truffa perfetta. Regia di James Foley . Un film con Morris Chestnut, Leland Orser, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Andy Garcia . Cast completo Titolo originale: Confidence . Genere Thriller - USA , 2003 , durata 97 minuti. - MYmonetro 2,58 su 4 recensioni tra critica, pubblico e dizionari.
A confidence game, also known as a con, scam, grift, or flim flam, is an attempt to win the trust and confidence of a victim, known as the "mark," in order to de fraud them. Although general expectation is that con artists are untrustworthy, their particular ability is actually to be able to gain the trust of their victims.
25 apr 2003 · Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt. What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just ...
