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Podcast: Ten Thousand Posts
Episode: Little Bosses Everywhere: An Interview with Bridget Read
Description: We’re joined by journalist and author Bridget Read, to talk about her new book, “Little Bosses Everywhere : How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America”.
Bridget talks to us about the long history of Multi Level Marketing (MLM), its place in American mythmaking and how the Direct Selling industry was able to acquire political power and influence, which continues to help them evade regulation, as well as shape social and economic policy. We also talk about why MLMs aren’t simply alternative business models, but rather, structures that rely on coercion and at times, manipulation, in order to function...