5/20/2010 2:17:22 PM By
Paul Kedrosky
In this episode, Paul talks with Frank Partnoy, the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance and director of the Center on Corporate and Securities Law at the University of San Diego. Among other topics, they discussed how investors' unrealistic desires for fortune have played into the hands of financial managers ready and willing to take advantage of them.
In addition to writing regular opinion pieces for
The New York Times and the
Financial Times, Partnoy has written several books, including
Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets, a leading corporate law casebook, and
The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals, about the 1920s markets and Ivar Kreuger, who many consider the father of modern financial schemes. He has been interviewed on
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central), the
Diane Rehm Show (NPR),
Fresh Air (NPR)
The NewsHour (PBS), and
60 Minutes (CBS).
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