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EPISODE · Mar 20, 2026 · 59 MIN

2008: Bernie Madoff - The Ponzi Scheme

from The Occasionalists Podcast · host The Occasionalists

Our next minisode, shining a light on the country's financial health in 2008, has us taking a deeper look at the perpetrator of the biggest Ponzi scheme in US history, Bernie Madoff. How could someone swindle so many people out of so much money? As it turns out, rich people and the people regulating wealth aren't actually that smart.

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