After Enron, Corporate Wrongdoing Still Thrives: How Not to Ruin Your Life - Yahoo! Finance: "Many years ago, I spent the majority of my time studying the works of the Drexel Burnham Lambert and its evil junk bond empire. One part of the empire was insurance companies, which Drexel used as a blood bank to buy its overvalued (but by no means valueless) securities.
The money these Drexel guys made was stupendous. I was envious. I wanted to be rich, too. It occurred to me that I, who had a tiny amount of money put by, might be able along with some others to buy a small insurance company, loot it the way I had seen the Drexel people do it (they, of course, disputed that they did it ), and then I would be rich."
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