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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box on the left.
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  1. The Big Sell
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1963
  2. The Borrower and the Billionaire
    A Foreclosure Story
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    In this excerpt adapted from The Monster, Michael W. Hudson writes about the nation’s largest subprime lending empire through the fortunes of its owner and one of its customers.
  3. Caveat Surfer: Beware When Using Electronic Communication
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2000
    Points about electronic communication and online security.
  4. Corporate crime wave
    New Internationalist July 2003
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2003
    A look into corporate crime, people who have been involved, and what happens to the money. Also discusses what can be done to stop corporate crime.
  5. Extrasensory Deception
    Resource Type: Book
  6. The Faith Healers
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1985
    James Randi, magician and debunker of charlatans of all stripes sets his sights on Christian faith healers. He and his associates invented names, life histories, illnesses and tracked down multimillionaire evangelists with their own fleet of wheelchairs to expose the fraud and illogic perpetrated by them. He wants us to fear not the Lord but irrationality. The one misgiving with the book is that Randi fails to see in his heart the underlying emotional void that dogs people who seek the comfort of faith healers.
  7. The Monster
    How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America -- and Spawned a Global Crisis
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2010
    Hudson explains the rise and fall of the subprime mortgage business by chronicling the rise and fall of two corporate empires: Ameriquest and Lehman Brothers, who did more than any other institutions to create the feeding frenzy that flooded the U.S. with high-risk, high-profit home mortgage loans.
  8. Quackwatch
    Resource Type: Website
    Purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Includes links to other interesting websites.
  9. Skeptical Inquirer
    The Magazine for Science and Reason - Periodical profile
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public. Also promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues.
  10. 'Upstanding Citizens' Escape Justice in Tory 'In-and-Out' Scandal
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
    The "In-and-Out" Scandal: Case should have proceeded against 'Upstanding citizens'.
    This is a story about illegal activities, deceit and lying involving an overzealous group of Canadians who seemed prepared to do just about anything to accomplish their mission – win a federal election.

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