Diana discusses “financial amnesia” in the wake of the Madoff scandal and Wall Street meltdown, how privatizing retirement enables schemes.
This hour-long PBS special features interviews with Diana on Madoff. Watch here (click on “more” below to see all “chapters”), or view on the Frontline site.
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“Diana Henriques, New York Times senior financial writer who’s covered the Madoff scandal since the story broke, gives a full account of Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme—from his Wall Street rise to the personal disasters and landmark legal battles triggered by his downfall—and looks at the lessons this scandal offers to Washington, Wall Street, and Main Street.”
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“He may be behind bars serving a 150-year sentence in federal prison for the $65 billion Ponzi scheme that destroyed the financial lives of thousands of people – but Bernie Madoff hasn’t changed his wily ways.”
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“The book, released this week, is a true crime novel, a character study and a Wall Street cautionary tale rolled into one. Henriques enjoys the distinction of being the only journalist to have interviewed Bernie Madoff, the kingpin behind one of the largest and most destructive Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, twice in the flesh.”