Books
PONZINOMICS, The Untold Story of Multi-Level Marketing, by Robert L. FitzPatrick
The only book published that covers the phenomenon of multi-level from its invention to today’s global spread, including how it operates as a disguised pyramid scheme and delusional cult, escapes criminal law enforcement, and harms the fabric of social relationships.
FALSE PROFITS: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes, by Robert FitzPatrick and Joyce Reynolds
False Profits was the first book ever published that reveals the connections of classic pyramid schemes to today’s “multi-level marketing” enterprises, the distorted and corrupted values and beliefs on which they are based, and why so many people are vulnerable to their promises.
AMWAY MOTIVATION ORGANIZATIONS: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors, by Ruth Carter
One of the first whistle-blower accounts of the lies and coverup of Amway’s false income promises
DIRECT SELLING, A Nonfiction Fable, by Robert L. FitzPatrick
An intriguing drama that reveals the naked realities of actual door-to-door “direct” selling. It is a story of a little understood business model and its challenges to personal integrity.
LITTLE BOSSES EVERYWHERE, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America, by Bridget Read
The first book from a major publisher, written by established journalist on the realities of multi-level marketing, its false promises and how it is corrupting government in America with its ill-gotten money taken from deceived victims.
Pamphlets
The Myth of MLM Income Opportunity
A comprehensive report on the MLM business that reveals and documents the actual losses of 99% of all recruits in major MLMs. Data is presented from eleven MLM schemes and analyzes it in a way that is understandable. The report also details the tricks used by the schemes to lure people. Shocking losses and extraordinary deception are exposed.
What Is This Thing Called Multi-Level Marketing?
A Statistical and Business Model Examination of the Economic Legitimacy of Multi-Level Marketing
Removing the Mask, Reconsidering Multi-Level Marketing as “Business” Enterprises
An argument and a plea to regulators, media, academia and interested consumers to reconsider the current treatment of “multi- level marketing” as Business so that the true identity and characteristics of the MLM phenomenon can be understood. In its business mask, this is not possible.
