How to spot a financial scam and the history of being ripped off

Ben Carlson, author of 'Don't Fall For It: A Short History of Financial Scams,' joins The Final Round to discuss some of history's biggest frauds - and the biggest current scam that people are ignoring.
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[@kchannel4299]

Probably a good thing the older generation doesn’t access the internet much

[@Jmr2332]

College for most people. “Free” college will be quite the scam too.

[@avrahamavraham5977]

To me it Sounds like bitcoin and Tesla even Apple and amazon or Facebook...

[@editorjohn8803]

How do we fix equality issues? Stop helping people with money make money. Put money into the stock market and automatically make money because the FED is printing money? This leaves the poor behind. Where are you Greta???