Couch Potato Pickings – The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

On Hallmark this afternoon at 3pm

Since financial disasters are a hot topic at the moment, I feel the need to educate myself about the first major financial disaster to occur this decade.

US energy company Enron fell on its knees in 2001 following some irregular accounting procedures conducted the previous decade. Enron’s bankruptcy left thousands jobless and had a disastrous impact on the financial world. This TV movie tells the Enron story from the personal perspective of employee Brian Cruver. 

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The ruthless, arrogant greed depicted in this trailer makes me shudder. It’s not only ugly to see, but it’s also quite frightening to acknowledge how a decent person can turn so quickly into a monster by their unquenchable thirst for riches.

I wonder what causes certain people to become so motivated by money like this. 

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