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Published 1/14/2009 by kim.philipsfein at The Big Money
When Bernie Madoff told his sons in December that his quiet, exclusive, and respectable investment fund was in reality no more than a "giant Ponzi scheme," it was the final disaster in an autumn of cataclysms, not just for the financial markets but for the country's 75-year-old system of financial regulation.
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