Arien Mack, Editor Arien Mack Introduction Cons and con men have long been present in American culture and are represented as romantic figures. Cons abound—from Bernie Madoff's billion-dollar Ponzi scheme to street-corner crooks and their games of three-card monte; from art forgeries to fraudulent scientific articles; from predatory universities and pseudoacdemic journals to magical cures for incurable diseases. PART I: CONS AND SCAMS IN AMERICAN CULTURE Mark Greif Introdu

Arien Mack, Editor Arien Mack Introduction This special issue is based on the conviction that words matter, books and ideas matter—and...