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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