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d books Bloom, P. (2010). How Pleasure Works. New York: W.W. Norton. E. Staub (2010). Overcoming Evil. Oxford University Press. Notes: * Mr. Greed, Bernie Madoff: Fishman, S. (2009). Bernie Madoff, Free at last. New York Magazine, vol. June, pp. 1-20; Henriques, D.B. (2011). From Prison, Madoff Says Banks ‘Had

s behind one of the most spectacular Ponzi schemes in recorded history. Whistleblowers started warning the SEC as early as 1992, but no one listened. Madoff was making money hand over fist by pocketing new investments and if needed, using some of these to pay off individuals wishing to redeem their funds.

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Madoff, this balancing act worked for 16 years. Then, as in the Bible’s Book of Joshua, the walls came tumbling down, with Jericho riding in to hand Madoff a 150-year prison term for the financial murder of his trusting clients. Altogether, these innocent and trusting people lost approximately $65 billio

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