Part One: Amway: The Gravedigger of Democracy

Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss Amway.

FOOTNOTES:

1. https://jacobinmag.com/2018/09/richard-devos-amway-multi-level-marketing-conservatism
2. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1996/09/she-did-it-amway/
3. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/17/archives/amways-direct-sales-foster-zeal-success-and-criticism-amways-direct.html?_r=0
4. https://archive.org/stream/MerchantsOfDeception/MerchantsOfDeception_djvu.txt
5. https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/dems-devos-owned-troubled-nursing-home/
6. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Amway/AUS/directly.htm
7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/01/22/rearranging-amway-event-for-reagan/b3e74482-5ce0-4d20-9f98-ebdc9b4d4918/
8. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/opinion/joe-nocera-the-pyramid-scheme-problem.html
9. https://time.com/5877434/first-ponzi-scheme/
10. https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/ponzi.htm
11. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dreams-incorporated#anchor1
12. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/default/news/2017/01/23/296947/the-devos-dynasty-a-family-of-extremists/
13. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/30/rich-richard-devos-obituary-amway-politics-2018-223306/
14. https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/you-dont-know-dick/Content?oid=2185621

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