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....
Oct 22, 2014 | Economics / Financial, False Profits
In the previous (Part I) of this series, it was seen how the fictionalized language that was invented by MLM promoters serves to prevent critical analysis. Terms, which have nothing to do with how MLM actually operates, serve as protective coating, preventing a...
Dec 26, 2012 | Economics / Financial, False Profits, Legalities and Laws
The Search for Amway Customers In a recent video interview with Amway executives, Doug DeVos and Steve Van Andel, a Wall Street Journal reporter asked them a probing and revealing question. The question was, what percentage of the products that Amway sells to the...
Mar 12, 2012 | Economics / Financial, False Profits, Legalities and Laws
The Search for Amway Customers In a recent video interview with Amway executives, Doug DeVos and Steve Van Andel, a Wall Street Journal reporter asked them a probing and revealing question. The question was, what percentage of the products that Amway sells to the...
Jan 23, 2012 | Ethics, False Profits, Humor, Legalities and Laws
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