Little bosses everywhere how the pyramid scheme shaped America
"A groundbreaking work of history and reportage that unveils the stranger-than-fiction world of multilevel marketing, from the shadowy cabals at the top to the strivers at the bottom, whose deferred dreams churn a massive money-making scam that has remade American society. Multilevel marketing compa...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Not not a pyramid scheme
- Part 1: Vitamins. A quintessential American attitude
- The salesman and the shrink
- How to cheat death
- Wealth crusade
- Mind cure
- Part 2: Cosmetics. Beauty show
- An organization of attractive women
- Frogs in a barrel
- Part 3: Soap. American way
- Bad apples
- Darkest hour
- The industry owes Amway
- Part 4: Hope. People quit
- The challenge of the '80s
- Stinkin' thinkers
- Part 5: Health. Network marketing liberates the world
- Lose weight now, ask me how
- No rock bottom
- Part 6: Freedom. Postregulatory world
- Change or remain employed
- The box
- Soar like never before
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
