简介：The2008collapseoftheAmericaneconomywreakedhavocontheAmericanpeople.Whilethestockmarketimplodedbeforethem,someinvestorsweredevastatedbyafarmoretrustedsource.SeethepersonalchaosbroughtontoindividualinvestorsbyBernieMadoff,apopularandtrustedinvestorfrommiddle-classQueens,NewYork–andallegedPonzischemer–asexpertsdissecthis$65billionscam,fromitshumblebeginningstoitsstunningdownfall,inRIPPEDOFF:MADOFFANDTHESCAMMINGOFAMERICA.WiththehelpofexpertcommentaryandfirsthandaccountsfromMadoff’svictims,HISTORY™comparesandcontraststhismostrecentfraudwithotherPonzischemesthroughouthistory,whileexploringtheeconomicandhistoricalclimatesinwhichtheyappeared. Then,astheUnitedStatesattemptstoreboundfromeconomicmeltdown,comparisonstotheGreatDepressionareunavoidable.Ishistoryrepeatingitself?CRASH:THENEXTGREATDEPRESSION?looksatthecurrentfinancialcrisisintheU.S.andcomparesandcontrastsitwithwhatleduptotheGreatDepression,the1929stockmarketcrash,itsimmediateaftermathandtheeffortsthathelpedthecountrybreakfreefromtheDepression.Willtoday’scrashturnintotomorrow’sdepression?Andisanyonesafefromtheeconomicpitfallsofsuchavulnerabletime?
