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Your responses to "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"
Sep 30, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #78
What the Enron scandal taught us about investing
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Sep 30, 2021
"To get the full return of the stock market, you have to invest in all the stocks available, not just your own," says The Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig.
20 years later, echoes of Enron's energy deregulation in California, Texas
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Sep 30, 2021
In California, energy companies gamed the markets and ushered in large-scale blackouts in 2000-2001, incidents that have Enron's fingerprints all over them.
The Enron scandal: 20 years later, what’s changed?
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Sep 23, 2021
Very little, according to Bethany McLean, the first financial reporter to ask questions about Enron's accounting practices.
David Brancaccio on “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”
Sep 16, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #76
The legacy of Enron in California's power challenges today
by
Lily Jamali
Aug 4, 2021
California faces more potential rolling blackouts this year due to a historic drought. But the state's deregulated power system also plays a role, and dates back to the Enron scandal.
For public good, not for profit.
How Enron changed regulation
by
Stan Alcorn
Jul 18, 2013
J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly in negotiations with federal regulators over charges the bank manipulated energy markets in California and around the country. This would have looked very different before the Enron scandal a decade ago.
Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling could get early prison release
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 8, 2013
Skilling had been sentenced to 24 years in prison.