American Greed

really good show

True stories and real lessons. educational and entertaining,

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5.0

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great freakin show

I love this show. It shows you how you can get caught up in what you are doing to the extent you completely disregard the implications of their actions on society. good shit if you ask me

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6.5

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Great deal

Shows the stories of today's millionaires.

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2.1

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love it

now i love this shhow you can learnnnnn alot from watching this show i would recomend watching this show you will be hookedon it i promiss i dvr it all the tme some of the scams the people come pwith on this show are crazy must watch

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6.7

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real scenarios

Super Interesting, takes real cases and depicts quite factually. Interviews involved professionals and sometimes even the perpetrator. One of the few tv shows ill watch.

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4.0

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Only show worth watching on CNBC

This is the best show on white collar crime hands down. Its worth watching to see the lengths that people will go to have money and its strangely motivating as well lol.

If you're interested in the crooks of the business world and you have some time to kill watch this show. It'll help you learn how to not get swindled as well.

I'm waiting for an episode on penny stock promotors, but so far I haven't found one :(

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9.3

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One of the best shows on CNBC

This is one of the best shows CNBC airs. The program focuses on the stories behind some of the biggest corporate and white collar crimes in the United States. I recently saw an episode they filmed on the life of Bernard Madoff and why he pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars. This is great show you can sit and learn a lot from in the business world.

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6.5

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Great Show

Great show to learn what the con-artists are up to. This gives you a eye opener of not trusting anyone and not giving your money openly to any investment. This show gives details on the crime and exposes it.

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3.0

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Very entertaining and educational

Just like the title says. I dunno why some people did not like it. I think it's very educational and entertaining. At least, worth watching for any idiot who thinks scamming others will go unnoticed. KARMA is a bitch.

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4.7

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Entertaining - Some good and bad features listed here

Staying in Chicago for 3 months has allowed me to see these shows. The shows detail scams, explaining these "get-rich-quick" schemes in great detail and the people who got caught in the web of them. My opinion on the show is as follows:

The Good:

- Lots of interviews of of the victims helps paint a rounded picture.

- Recaps a lot so if you start watching after a set of ads you can still get the gist of the story.

- Ends off with what happened to the perpetrators.

The Irritating:

- The same episodes seem to repeat again and again on different days. I don't have PVR and every time I turn on it seems to be Henry Jones and Fools Gold again!

- The recaps can get annoying if you watch from the beginning.

What is unbelievable is that people (even educated ones) still fall for these ponzi schemes etc. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.

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10

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