$(document).ready( function () { talk_rendercallback({"enabled":"0","islive":"0","eid":5569,"total":"4","discussion":[{"nm":"Enrique Vega","rs":"0","ms":"I don\'t see how different Alan Greenspan is from Bernard Madoff.  Just like Madoff I have to believe that Greenspan knew a day of reckoning was coming with an over-leveraged financial industry.  And all we got for this catastrophic pain is "sorry, I was wrong."  And why would anyone trust a declared Ayn Rand ditto head to be a regulator?  Where are the lessons from the Great Depression, the Savings & Loans meltdowns?  \n\nThis is a pathetic tragedy foretold.  And it will happen again, because we have an uncontrolled, cancerous, unscrupulous financial industry sucking the life of the American family which appears to own all branches of government.  The moral of the story is that Americans in charge of government have no morals.  Certainly I question Mr. Greenspan\'s as well as Mr. Rubin\'s and Mr. Summers\'.\n\nMs. Born\'s story is a massive failure of the American system of government and a colosal defeat of the "let the market fix themselves" philosophy.  Ayn Rand saved by government bureaucrats.  I certainly no longer trust banks, credit card companies, insurance companies or accounting firms to do honest work. What has been lost is the innocence of saving for retirement, and putting it in the hands of "advisors."  Certainly I plan on not doing that.\n\nEnrique Vega\nLos Angeles, CA\n\n\n ","pt":"Dec 30, 2009 02:26"},{"nm":"Charles Nathan","rs":"0","ms":"Hey, I was just a small time investment advisor, duty bound to follow the markets on a nightly and daily basis.  But, it was clear to me that something was amiss when you saw ads offering 125% loans on a home mortgage.  Bad credit? Bankruptcy? No problem. \nWho is taking the risk I asked.  Greenspan:  No one saw it coming.  Right!  Brooksley tried to warn them as far back as 1998-99.  That Greenspan statement says alot... first off it has to be a blatant lie... While the Fed chairman held down interest rates to 1%, savers were punished in favor of easy,cheap money to the banks.  That opened the door to all kinds of mal-investments.  Born wanted to stop the fraud, the "cabal" did not.  That\'s the whole case.\nThank you Front Line for a great program.\nCharles Nathan     ","pt":"Nov 27, 2009 04:16"},{"nm":"Don","rs":"0","ms":"Why is there no mention of something that\'s highly relevant to this story, that Levitt is now a consultant to Goldman Sachs, which has consistently lobbied against any regulation of the derivatives markets?","pt":"Oct 22, 2009 09:43"},{"nm":"James E. Shoemaker","rs":"0","ms":"I appreciate the production of this show. The program and the interviews are reminders to me that we don\'t have a chance in hell in changing the game. It\'s rigged.  Arthur Levitt and Brooksly Born are honorable; however, they are outmatched by the long list of "genius\'s like Alan, Bob, and Larry. These 3 stooges are an example of how bad currency drives out good. Thanks again for all the research and energy that was contributed to the production of this program. Jim      ","pt":"Oct 21, 2009 01:46"}]}); });