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skybrian on July 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Growth Ponzi Scheme

It’s not about coming up with a taxonomy but you might get some ideas from this book:

Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World <https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Money-Legendary-Frauds-Workings...>

(Among other things the author specifically criticizes the loose use of “Ponzi Scheme”)

Biologist123 on July 4, 2021 [–]

Thanks for flagging that - I look forward to having a deeper read. What Stronger Cities describe is probably closer to a control fraud.

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