Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...inflation), to an average of nearly $85,000, the bottom 20% dropped by $576, to a hungry $8,880. The Government estimates that 32 million Americans -- 12.8% of the population -- live in poverty, compared with 11.4% a decade ago. And Michael Milken has been indicted on 98 counts of fraud and other misdeeds...
...official regulations but also a relaxation in law enforcement ranging from antitrust to safety regulations. That may have been beneficial, but it enabled lots of sharp characters to make lots of money in lots of sharp ways. The most extreme example is the savings and loan scandal, which features fraud, bribery, favoritism and freewheeling incompetence. Some 800 of the 2,600 remaining S&Ls are now insolvent or nearly so, and the bailout will ultimately cost the taxpayers at least $150 billion to $200 billion and possibly a good deal more...