pyramid scheme
noun
: a usually illegal operation in which participants pay to join and profit mainly from payments made by subsequent participants
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Our society is a pyramid scheme, with the young supporting the old.
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Emma Green, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
There’s a whole pyramid scheme of sorts, and there’s all these other parts of the book that didn’t fit into this story.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
Like a pyramid scheme, Patriot Front effectively paid for its operations by amassing new members.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
This came as welcome news to consumers, who drew comparisons between the business concept and problematic pyramid schemes, which rely on profiting from sign-up fees rather than the sale of actual products.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2024
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Emma Green, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
There’s a whole pyramid scheme of sorts, and there’s all these other parts of the book that didn’t fit into this story.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
Like a pyramid scheme, Patriot Front effectively paid for its operations by amassing new members.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
This came as welcome news to consumers, who drew comparisons between the business concept and problematic pyramid schemes, which rely on profiting from sign-up fees rather than the sale of actual products.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Pyramid scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyramid%20scheme. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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