New York has a very long piece, Monster Mensch, which profiles Bernie & J. Ezra Merkin. Psychoanalysis can get kind of old, the profile is more interesting in terms of the light it sheds on other figures in Bernie's world.
More like this
by Anthony Robbins, MD, MPA
There are now some articles which are detailing the other Ponzi schemes which are coming out in the wake of l'affaire Madoff.
Besides, we got Bernie Sanders:
Nothing you haven't heard around these parts, but it's a nice summary.
Rock on, Bernie.
It's been a while since I did a straight-up booklog post here, but most of what I've been reading lately hasn't really demanded one. I picked this up the other day after seeing a pile of them in the front of a Barnes & Noble, though, and it does deserve comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI
Oh sorry, that's 'Mash'.
One thing that this article brings up implicitly but hasn't really been discussed explicitly enough is the issue of how much of what happened with Madoff might be due to how the Jewish community functions. It is very trusting of its own especially if they meet certain expectations (such as philanthropy). I don't know how much this is unique to Jewish culture but it certainly played a role. If Madoff had not given so much to charity and had not been a mensch this likely could not have happened.