Michael Milken is a very smart , very driven and very flawed human being . He started dealing in junk food and took a good idea too far . His competitive ##ness and obsession with control led him to do sleazy things . When the world was small no one cared what he was doing , but when it was big , that changed . The SEC went after Milken only when a trail of stool pigeons fingered Ivan F. Boesky , who knew Milken . Milken was brilliant , but he had no sense of how people perceived him . He did n't blame himself for his problems , but blamed the media . Now he has lost everything .
Michael Milken is a very smart, very driven and very flawed human being. He started dealing in junk bonds and took a good idea too far. His competitive juices and obsession with control led him to do sleazy things. When the market was small no one cared what he was doing, but when it was big, that changed. The SEC went after Milken only when a trail of stool pigeons fingered Ivan F. Boesky, who fingered Milken. Milken was brilliant, but he had no sense of how others perceived him. He didn't blame himself for his problems, but blamed the media. Now he has lost everything.