Fast money schemes : hope and deception in Papua New Guinea /

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. The most notorious scheme, U-Vistract, attracted many thousands of investors, enticing them with promises of 100 percent interest to be paid monthly. Its founder, Noah Musing...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Cox, John (Anthropologist) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Collection:Framing the global book series.
Sujets:
Ponzi schemes > Papua New Guinea > History.
Swindlers and swindling > Papua New Guinea > History.
Ponzi, Plans > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.
Ponzi schemes.
Swindlers and swindling.
Papua New Guinea.
Electronic books.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Studying scams
  • The story of U-Vistract
  • Money schemes in Melanesia
  • Cargo cult mentality
  • Plausibility, experimentation, and deception
  • U-Vistract and the prosperity gospel
  • Negative nationalism and Christian citizenship
  • Christian patrons and cosmopolitan sentiments
  • "Some of us are fed up of banks!"
  • Nationals investing in the global
  • Conclusion: disillusionment.

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