Capitalist Cons

"Greed is good" goes the line from the film Wall Street. For Charles Keating Jr., the former head of the failed Lincoln Savings & Loan, greed could be good for over 500 years in jail and $250 million in penalties. Keating was found guilty of racketeering and fraud by a federal jury. Meanwhile, imprisoned junk-bond king Michael Milken was released to a halfway house.