My Own Private Enron

摘要

Yes, that's really my picture. It was taken in 1957, when I celebrated my bar mitzvah. Don't worry, NEWSWEEK isn't turning into my personalphoto album. It'sjust that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to tell a story that ties together Enron, my 13th birthday and last week's news: the biggest telecom bankruptcy ever. And have it all make sense. As an added bonus, there's an investment lesson here.