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The Grand Hedge Fund Pyramid Scheme

Bernard Madoff's scheme has left dozens of banking firms and private citizens out of billions of dollars. It turns out Madoff's hedge fund was really a pyramid scheme. Madeleine Brand talks to Henry Blodget, editor of clusterstock.com, about who's affected and how much they lost.

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