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Yahoo Finance Podcast on MLM Is a Milestone in Business Media Coverage

Yahoo Finance Podcast on MLM Is a Milestone in Business Media Coverage

Mar 4, 2020 | Economics / Financial, Individual / Social Impact, MLM, News, PSA in the Media

Yahoo Finance’s remarkable 3-episode podcast on multi-level marketing, Illegal Tender, Season 4, should be recognized as a milestone in business media coverage of MLM. For the first time – without equivocation and without entertaining even a hint of...

Where MLM Came From: Direct Selling or Pyramid Scam, from Day One?

Jan 28, 2020 | News, PSA in the Media

Is “multi-level marketing just a new form of “direct selling” or is it something entirely different, only disguised as “direct selling”? Was MLM rooted in business and opportunity or in deception and delusion — right from the start?...
Yahoo Finance Podcast on MLM Is a Milestone in Business Media Coverage

“News” Articles on MLM Uphold Myths and Lies, Mislead

Apr 13, 2019 | Economics / Financial, False Profits, Individual / Social Impact, PSA in the Media

News and feature articles on “multi-level marketing” are now a distinct genre in the media. I should know. I am frequently interviewed for them. I and several colleagues play a small (about two sentences usually) but essential part in the MLM-genre....

On 20th Anniversary of “False Profits” Book, PSA Newsletter Examines Future of MLM

Sep 22, 2017 | News, PSA in the Media

A new “Update” newsletter has been published by Pyramid Scheme Alert, entitled, “The History and Future of Multi-Level Marketing.” The newsletter is prompted by the 20th anniversary of the book, False Profits, authored by PSA president, Robert...

Donald Trump, MLM and Pyramid Schemes, Year-End 2016 Update

Dec 15, 2016 | News, PSA in the Media

Pyramid Scheme Alert’s Year-end Update report has been published. It is entitled, “Donald Trump, MLM and  Pyramid Scheme Politics,” covering how the presidential and congressional election may affect law enforcement and consumer protection regarding...

FTC Asked to Halt “Pay-to-Play” Rules in Herbalife and all MLMs

Jun 9, 2016 | News, PSA in the Media

Pyramid Scheme Alert has sent a formal letter to the FTC chairperson and the head of the Consumer Protection Bureau asking the FTC to ban Herbalife from “effectively requiring purchases” by its recruits that are tied to its promised “unlimited...
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