Part One: Amway: The Gravedigger of Democracy
Behind the Bastards · Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
October 5, 20211h 6mExplicit
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Show Notes
Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss Amway.
FOOTNOTES:
- https://jacobinmag.com/2018/09/richard-devos-amway-multi-level-marketing-conservatism
- https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1996/09/she-did-it-amway/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/17/archives/amways-direct-sales-foster-zeal-success-and-criticism-amways-direct.html?_r=0
- https://archive.org/stream/MerchantsOfDeception/MerchantsOfDeception_djvu.txt
- https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/dems-devos-owned-troubled-nursing-home/
- https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Amway/AUS/directly.htm
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/01/22/rearranging-amway-event-for-reagan/b3e74482-5ce0-4d20-9f98-ebdc9b4d4918/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/opinion/joe-nocera-the-pyramid-scheme-problem.html
- https://time.com/5877434/first-ponzi-scheme/
- https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/ponzi.htm
- https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dreams-incorporated#anchor1
- https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/default/news/2017/01/23/296947/the-devos-dynasty-a-family-of-extremists/
- https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/30/rich-richard-devos-obituary-amway-politics-2018-223306/
- https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/you-dont-know-dick/Content?oid=2185621
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