“The Great Scams of the 20th Century” is a fascinating book about the world’s most inventive financial frauds, a study of the very phenomenon of “scam” that is unique in form and content. The author acts as an enthusiastic and meticulous researcher; the results of his investigations sometimes do not coincide with the generally accepted point of view. Elements of street slang, rapid-fire neologisms, words and sayings from foreign languages are woven into the high literary style with exceptional taste. From the author of the document This document is compiled directly from articles published by Sergei Golubitsky in weekly "Business Magazine". The text of the articles and illustrations are taken from the website the articles are given in the same order as they appear in the book. Illustrations of too poor quality were not included in the document, some diagrams were redrawn because they were too unclear on the website. The tables were translated into either text or pictures, this was done for compatibility with as many text reading programs as possible. The chapter "The Triumph of the Dead Leviathan" was taken from the book's author's website. Thus, the file is not an exact copy of the book, but the differences are minor.