Spilled Milken: he's had more than a year in jail to wrestle with his demons, but as this excerpt from a new book reports, the fallen junk-bond king is still in denial

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Michael Milken still believes he was an innocent victim in the Drexel Burnham Lambert insider trading scandal that sent him, Ivan Boesky and others to jail. His business and financial deals with Boesky were his downfall. A 1985 report on Milken by psychologist Ned Kennan revealed a man who was driven and obsessive.

Cases, Reports, Insider trading in securities, Insider trading (Securities), Excerpt, Junk bonds, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., Milken, Michael R., Highly Confident: The Punishment and Crime of Michael Milken (Book), Boesky, Ivan F., Kennan, Ned

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Relative riches

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The son of a wealthy family remembers his family history while looking at an old picture. The family money was earned through cutthroat business tactics but the generations pictured were more gentle, generous people.

Personal narratives, Children of the rich, Rich children

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The vanities of the 'Bonfire.' (excerpt from Julie Salamon's new book 'The Devil's Candy' about motion picture director Brian De Palma)

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Excerpts from Julie Salamon's new book, 'The Devil's Candy,' describe how Tom Wolfe's book 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' became a disastrous motion picture, directed by Brian De Palma.

Authorship, Motion pictures, Movies, Avarice, Greed, Wolfe, Tom, The Bonfire of the Vanities (Motion picture), The Bonfire of the Vanities (Novel), De Palma, Brian

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