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Aug. 5, 2005

Enron's Flimflammery Catches Bank With Its Pants Off

Column - By Garry Abrams - The children's story about the emperor who had no clothes is a close parallel to the Enron scandal. The apt tale about the monarch and his subjects who collectively believed that nothing was finer than the finest silk is both a testament to humankind's capacity for mass delusion and a neon billboard for the power of hindsight.

        Column
        
        By Garry Abrams
        
        The children's story about the emperor who had no clothes is a close...

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