先看看新闻细节:

1. Bernad L. Madoff: Ex-NASDAQ chairmen, 70 year old, founded his business using $5,000 earned as a part-time lifeguard after leaving law school.
2. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC: The top 1 percent of US securities firms, 1 of 3 top market makers in Nasdaq stocks and 3rd largest trade matcher in NYSE in 2001,
3. A giant Ponzi scheme : Lose at least $50 billion.

从这则新闻可以看出

1. 美国过去的确是冒险家的乐园； 但冒险家的原始积累都是cryptic的，是来忽悠大众的，是否合法只有上帝知道。
2. Ponzi scheme: 这个词Made in USA, 美国经济运转的本质。其实美国的国债也是这样运转的
3. 可怜70岁的老头在经济萧条时不能找到下家，应付$7billion in redemptions.
4. 美国也讲究秋收算帐，呵呵