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Enron Corporation
[1985-2006]
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"The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward greed."
— Joel Achenbach
". . . the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market [on] the West Coast starting in 2000."
— author Jay Inslee, presidential candidate in 2020
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Enron Corp. entry at Wikipedia
Enron scandal entry at Wikipedia
'Timeline of the Enron Scandal' entry at Wikipedia
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Works About Enron Corp.
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12/2001 online report in 'The Economist'
 | "The Enron Scandal" [2002] by Theodore F. Sterling
Nova Science Publrs, UK 9x6 hardcover [2002] for $57.77 {sic} |
 | "What Went Wrong At Enron: Everyone's Guide To The Largest Bankruptcy In U.S. History" [2002] by Peter C. Fusaro & Ross M. Miller
Wiley & Sons 8½x5½ pb [6/2002] for $17.10 |
 | "Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth From An Enron Insider" [2002] by former Enron employee Brian Cruver Arrow Books 7¾x5 pb [5/2003] out of print/used Carroll & Graf 8½x5½ pb [8/2003] for $11.20 Carroll & Graf 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2002] for $16.50 |
 | "Enron: The Rise and Fall" [2002] by investigative journalist Loren Fox Kindle Edition from Wiley [7/2007] for $10.99 Wiley & Sons 8¾x5½ pb [12/2003] for $19.95 Wiley & Sons 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2002] for $14.98 |
 | "Power Failure: The Inside Story of The Collapse of Enron" [2003] by Mimi Swartz, with {whistleblower} Sherron Watkins Kindle Edition from Crown Business/Random House [2003 edition] for $9.99 Crown Business 8½x6½ pb [3/2004] for $19.72 Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2003] for $14.17 |
 | "The Smartest Guys In The Room: The Amazing Rise & Scandalous Fall of Enron" [2003] by Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind Portfolio 8½x5½ pb [9/2004] for $10.88 Portfolio 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $17.79 |
 | "Wall Street: A History - From Its Beginnings To The Fall of Enron" [1997, rev 2004] by Charles R. Geisst rev & expanded Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [9/2012] for $8.44 Oxford Univ Press rev & expanded 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $24.99 Oxford Univ Press rev & expanded 9¾x6¼ hardcover [4/2004] out of print/many used Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [1999 edition] for $9.99 Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [5/99] out of print/40+ used Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/97] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story" [N.Y. Times bestseller 2005] by Kurt Eichenwald "Behind thick corporate walls, in the shadows of Wall Street, along the corridors of political power, a scandal is brewing ..." - The mess that became the Enron Scandal. Broadway Books 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $12.21 Broadway Books 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2005] out of print/hundreds used |
 | "Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse" [2008] by {Harvard Business School professor emeritus} Malcolm S. Salter Harvard Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2008] for $38.50 |
 | "Capitalism At Work: Business, Government, and Energy" [2008] by Robert L. Bradley, Jr. The blame for the Enron collapse rests squarely with political capitalism - a system in which business interests routinely obtain and employ government intervention for their own interests at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, and competitors. Kindle Edition from M & M Scrivener Press [10/2008] for $27.70 M & M Scrivener Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $29.16 |
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Inside-Story-Collapse/dp/076791368X/
http://www.amazon.com/What-Went-Wrong-Enron-Bankruptcy/dp/0471265748/
http://www.amazon.com/Enron-Rise-Fall-Loren-Fox/dp/0471478881/
http://www.amazon.com/Pipe-Dreams-Greed-Death-Enron/dp/1586482017/
http://www.amazon.com/Behaving-Badly-Ethical-Lessons-Enron/dp/1598581600/
 | "Financial Failures and Scandals: From Enron To Carillion" [2019]  by Krish Bhaskar & John Flower, with Rod Sellers Kindle Edition from Routledge [4/2019] for $19.95 Routledge Focus 8½x5½ hardcover [4/2019] for $55.25 |
Stageplays, Movies & Television, Other Media
"The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron"
[C.B.S.-TV documentary Jan 2003]
 | An ambitious 29-year-old gets a job at rising energy company Enron, assimilates into the get-rich-quick corporate culture. When the company collapses in bankruptcy in December 2001, he finds that he and millions of others lose everything – while the execs pocket billions of dollars • Co-produced by Robert Greenwald; directed by Penelope Spheeris; teleplay by Stephen Mazur, based on the book "Anatomy of Greed" by Brian Cruver; starring Christian Kane, Brian Dennehey, Mike Farrell, Shannon Elizabeth & Jon Ted Wynne
Echo Bridge Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [12/2007] for $28.96 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" [docu feature April 2005] Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney; based on the book Magnolia widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2006] for $14.49 Magnolia widescreen color DVD [1/2006] for $13.76 full credits from IMDb • official movie website |
 | "Enron: Wall Street Scammers" [2013] episode of the "Mugshots" Tru-TV series Directed by Ellen Goosenberg Kent • not listed at IMDb • no entry at Wikipedia Amazon Instant Video [2014] rental $2.96, purchase $7.96 watch full movie [7/2014 upload; 44.35] online at YouTube |
"Enron" musical? feature film [still in development?]
Announced December 2010: The stageplay took the London stage by storm but flopped on Broadway, largely due to a hostile review in the New York Times.
Plans for feature film release in 2012 are still in development (2019);
George Clooney will produce •
latest info at IMDb
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 | "ENRON" stageplay [2009] by Lucy Prebble The stageplay took the London stage by storm but flopped on Broadway, largely due to a hostile review in the New York Times; the run at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre in April-May 2010 was only 22 previews and 16 performances before closing. Written by Lucy Prebble, music by Adam Cork; directed by Rupert Goold; won the 2009 T.M.A. Award for Best New Play, nominated for 4 Tony Awards credits at Internet Broadway Database • stageplay entry at Wikipedia Kindle Edition playscript from Methuen Drama [8/2010] for $8.55 Methuen Drama 7¾x5 pb playscript [10/2009] for $4.99 Dramatist's Play Service 7½x5¼ pb playscript [7/2011] for $9.00 student edition playscript edited by Rachel Clements Kindle Edition from Methuen/Bloomsbury [1/2016] for $8.55 |
Enron Corp. Executives
John D. Arnold
employee trader dubbed 'King of Natural Gas' at Enron Corp.
Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
libertarian Enron apologist Bradley is writing "Political Capitalism: A Tetralogy", a business history and business best-practices book which documents the rise and fall of Enron; the first book, "Capitalism At Work: Business, Government, and Energy" [2009], was followed by "Edison To Enron: Energy Markets and Political Strategies" [2011] and "Enron Ascending: The Forgotten Years, 1984–1996" [2018]; the final volume, "Contra-Capitalism: Enron and Beyond", is planned for publication in 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Bradley_Jr.
his web site is PoliticalCapitalism.org • In late 2008, Bradley founded the free-market energy and climate blog MasterResource
ex-CAO Richard Causey
ex-CFO Andrew Fastow
Fastow pled guilty and was sentenced 26 Sept 2006 to 6 years in prison
D Bush crony & former Enron chairman/CEO Kenneth L. Lay [1942-2006]
convicted 25 May 2006 of six counts of conspiracy & securities & wire fraud
also convicted of four counts of bank fraud in a non-jury portion of the trial
Ken Lay died on 5 July 2006 before sentencing
entry at Wikipedia
D former Enron president Jeffrey Skilling
convicted 25 May 2006 on 19 of 28 counts of conspiracy & fraud
sentenced 23 October 2006 to 24 years & 4 months in prison
whistleblower Sherron Watkins of Enron
D sixteen ex-Enron executives, including ex-CFO Andrew Fastow,
ex-CAO Richard Causey & finance exec Sherron Watkins all pled guilty
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