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Little Bosses Everywhere How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

Bridget Read

A “gripping” ( Companies like Amway, Mary Kay, and Herbalife advertise the world’s greatest opportunity: the chance to be your own boss via an enigmatic business model called multilevel marketing, or MLM. They offer a world of pink Cadillacs, white-columned mansions, tropical vacations, and—most pr...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Corey recommended Read's book as an expos of the American pyramid scheme embedded in contemporary politics and culture.

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My second choice is a book by Bridget Reed it's a book called Little Bosses Everywhere and it's an argument that the American pyramid scheme is kind of the center of our current rot.

— Episode: Everything Wrong With the Internet and H...

Episode: Everything Wrong With the Internet and How to Fix...

Corey recommended Read's book as an expos of the American pyramid scheme embedded in contemporary politics and culture.

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My second choice is a book by Bridget Reed it's a book called Little Bosses Everywhere and it's an argument that the American pyramid scheme is kind of the center of our current rot.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Podcast

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Bridget explained that her book traced the history of multilevel marketing and argued that pyramid schemes and MLMs functionally operate the same way.

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she has a new book out now called Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America.

— Episode: Bridget Read (on multilevel marketing)

Episode: Bridget Read (on multilevel marketing)

Bridget explained that her book traced the history of multilevel marketing and argued that pyramid schemes and MLMs functionally operate the same way.

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she has a new book out now called Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America.

I love your book. I'm delighted you wrote this book and it is crazy how little existed on this topic as you endeavored it.

Everyone should check out Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America. It's kind of like a glimpse of an aspect of our country that is very much fractal of our whole setup.

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