The question this episode answers
How could Charles Ponzi make investors feel that they were earning real profits when his office was not generating them—and why did the scheme have to keep growing to survive?
This story explains how a pyramid scheme uses new investors' money to create the appearance of profit, and why it must keep growing to survive.
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