Thursday, August 30, 2012

Have I got a deal for you

Megan McArdle explains Amway, et al:

"We are most vulnerable to Ponzi schemes and other confidence tricks when we start to believe that we can cheat the universe—that we can get something for nothing. The best con men succeed mostly because we are so desperate to believe them."

I got a bit much Scotch-Irish skinflint in me to fall innocently for a line (the flip-side being I'm a Doubting Thomas about everything).

Meanwhile, here's my favorite Reba McEntire song. Has she got a deal for you.


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