What It's Like To Lose Everything
Many of investment manager Bernie Madoff's clients lost their life savings, homes and hopes of retirement when his Ponzi scheme fell apart. If you've ever lost it all — in a natural disaster, a robbery, or something else — what did it feel like? Have you rebuilt your life?
Guests:
Geneen Roth, lost her life savings in the Madoff scheme and wrote about it for Salon.com, "I Was Fleeced by Madoff"
Blake Bailey, New Orleans resident who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina and wrote about it for Slate.com, "My Year of Hurricanes"
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