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The Dirty Little Secret of Every Ponzi Scheme, or: Bernie Madoff’s 150 Year Sentence
18th-century visionary financier John Law and 21st-century crook Bernie Madoff both had compatriots with a ravenous desire for free money—the vice that drove the systems in which these kindred spirits operated.
Madoff, Through a Glass, Darkly
Kathryn Lofton's recent feature asked: How should one look at the old wedding photos after utter collapse? So what about Madoff? How should one see these pictures from a prison cell?
The Banality of Bernie
Maybe it's too much to compare Bernie Madoff to Hitler—but there are some peculiar parallels.
Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival
The company whose founders helped finance the modern conservative movement is returning home to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.