3 Important Lessons from the Great Gold Swindle
Laissez Faire By Sean Brodrick
PostedAugust 13, 2014
In 1898, two gold prospectors went to Lubec, Maine and claimed they could harvest gold from seawater. They promised the town fabulous wealth. And the townsfolk bought it hook, line and sinker. But, as the saying goes, if something is too good to be true, it often is. Sean Brodrick relays the full story, what you can learn from it, right here…