Los Angeles Silver Lake (1998). SIGNED first edition - "The news is full of modern variations of the Ponzi scheme, which uses money from new investors to pay existing ones, setting up "levels" of investors to keep growing which always eventually collapse. This book uses case studies to suggest several explanations, plus helpful tips to detect Ponzi schemes and offers ways to respond. SIGNED on title page, index. 354 pp. ISBN: 1563431696.