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Steven Toms
World Scientific Publishing Company

Systems of Deceit: Financial Fraud and Scandal in the United Kingdom, 1700-2010

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AuthorSteven Toms
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Company
PublishedJul 06 2023
Book FormatHardcover
ISBN-139789811281006
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CategoriesBusiness & Economics > Economic History
LanguageEnglish

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Financial fraud is a serious and seemingly intractable problem. Financial scandals regularly punctuate newspaper headlines and regulators and auditors appear bereft of effective responses. But has this always been the case?This book quantifies financial crime in the UK using three centuries of data. It demonstrates how financial fraud and scandal vary according to systematic economic and institutional arrangements. In doing so, it retells the history of British capitalism, from the mercantilism of the eighteenth century to the financial capitalism of the twenty-first century, illustrating the often negative consequences of economic ideology, policy and structure. It identifies periods when fraud has been less problematic and contrasts these with times when it has surged. The variation of outcomes reflects the balance of power between the state, industrial and financial sectors, the provision of credit through risky lending, and the effectiveness of audits. 'Rogue traders' and other flawed individuals are frequently the focus of blame narratives constructed with the intention of deflecting comprehensive systematic reforms.

Author Bio

Professor Toms has extensive experience in both the professional and academic fields and joins us from the University of York Management School, of which he was the Head. Professor Toms has 15 years of senior management, at Nottingham University as head of the undergraduate program, chair of teaching committee and research director, before becoming Head of York Management School in 2004.

Professor Toms’s research interests cover the role of accounting, accountability and corporate governance in the development of organizations, particularly from a historical perspective. He is interested in perspectives that integrate financial models with economic and organizational theory and corporate strategy. Specific applications range from business history, in particular cotton and other textiles trades to capital markets and social and environmental accounting. He was editor of the journal Business History, 2007-2013. He would be very interested to hear from anyone wishing to pursue collaborative research in any of these general or specific fields.

Education

BA (Hons) Modern History, Trinity College, Oxford, 1982 (MA, 1985).
Chartered Accountant, 1986
Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Leicester University, 1987.
Master of Business Administration, CNAA, 1991.
Ph.D, University of Nottingham, March 1996,

Source: University of Leeds

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