Ripped off : Madoff and the scamming of America / produced by CBS Eye Too Productions for History ; executive producer for History, Susan Werbe.

Compares and contrasts what Bernie Madoff did with other Ponzi schemes throughout history. An additional documentary, Crash: The Next Great Depression? looks at the current financial crisis in the U.S. and compares and contrasts it with what led up to the Great Depression, its immediate aftermath, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: CBS Eye Too Productions (Firm)
History Channel (Television network)
A & E Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Alexander, Brett
Carroll, Michael (Associate professor of literature)
Werbe, Susan
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : A&E Home Video : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2009], ©2009.
Edition:[Widescreen version].
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Ponzi schemes > United States.
Investment advisors > Corrupt practices > United States.
Securities fraud > United States.
Madoff, Bernard L.
Swindlers and swindling > United States.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 45 min.) : sound, color, with black and white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Madoff and the scamming of America.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Compares and contrasts what Bernie Madoff did with other Ponzi schemes throughout history. An additional documentary, Crash: The Next Great Depression? looks at the current financial crisis in the U.S. and compares and contrasts it with what led up to the Great Depression, its immediate aftermath, and the efforts that helped the country break free from it. Includes interviews.
Note:Duration on container: approx. 94 mins. including extras.
Bonus feature: Crash: the next Great Depression? (45 min.)
Videorecording.
Call Number:CT1 D0111208 VideoDVD
ISBN:1422945235
9781422945230
Credits:Ripped off: executive producer, Brett Alexander ; director of production, Hall Lewis ; executive producer, Margery Baker-Riker ; producers, Emily M. Bernstein, Pamela Mason Wagner.
Crash : executive producers, Brett Alexander , Tom Seligsen, and Hal Gessner; director of production, Hall Lewis ; senior producers, Michael Rosebaum, Pamela Mason Wagner ; producers, Ann Dean, Tom Flynn, Linda Martin.
System Details:DVD ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Michael Carroll.