Charles Ponzi stands between two giant, weathered pyramids; his skin is dyed orange and he wears a Trump wig. He stands beneath a vast Amway logo. The scene is lit by stadium show floodlights and surrounded by pyrotechnics.
Partway through Bridget Read's unmissable chronicle of pyramid ("multi-level marketing") schemes, *Little Bosses Everywhere*, there comes a dual revelation: no one is selling any product to end-users *and* no one knows it:
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