
Selling the Dream
The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
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Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of the American working class.
We’ve all heard of Amway, Mary Kay, Tupperware, and LuLaRoe, but few know the nefarious way they, and countless other multilevel marketing (MLM) companies, prey on desperate Americans struggling to make ends meet.
When factories close, stalwart industries shutter, and blue-collar opportunities evaporate, MLMs are there, ready to pounce on the crumbling American Dream. MLMs thrive in rural areas and on military bases, targeting women with promises of being their own boss and millions of dollars in easy income—even at the risk of their entire life savings. But the vast majority—99.7%—of those who join an MLM make no money or lose money, and wind up stuck with inventory they can’t sell to recoup their losses.
Selling the Dream “is an urgent and riveting exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that reveals how these companies—often owned by political and corporate elites, such as the DeVos and the Van Andel families—have made a windfall in profit off of the desperation of the American working class.
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In Little Bosses Everywhere, journalist Bridget Read tells the gripping story of multilevel marketing in full for the first time, winding from sunny postwar California, where a failed salesman started a vitamin business, through the devoutly religious suburbs of Michigan, where the industry built its political influence, to stadium-size conventions where today’s top sellers preach to die-hard recruits. MLM has enriched powerful people, like the DeVos and Van Andel families, Warren Buffett, and President Donald Trump, all while eroding public institutions and the social safety net.
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- De Donald Schuster en 05-08-25
De: Bridget Read
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The Woman Who Fooled the World
- De: Beau Donelly, Nick Toscano
- Narrado por: James Saunders
- Duración: 10 h
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Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer. In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth: this hero of the wellness world, with over 200,000 followers, international book deals and a best-selling smartphone app, was a fraud.
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- De NutriGal en 02-10-18
De: Beau Donelly, y otros
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There Is No Ethan
- How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
- De: Anna Akbari
- Narrado por: Anna Akbari, Justin Price
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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In 2011, three successful and highly educated women fell head over heels for the brilliant and charming Ethan Schuman. Unbeknownst to the others, each exchanged countless messages with Ethan, staying up late into the evenings to deepen their connections with this fascinating man. His detailed excuses about broken webcams and complicated international calling plans seemed believable, as did last minute trip cancellations. After all, why would he lie? Ethan wasn't after money—he never convinced his marks to shell out thousands of dollars for some imagined crisis.
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I would have been happier and more interested if I had googled this and read the online articles.
- De Kathryn en 07-25-24
De: Anna Akbari
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The Age of Magical Overthinking
- Notes on Modern Irrationality
- De: Amanda Montell
- Narrado por: Amanda Montell
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
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Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.
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This was a memoir pretending to be something more scientific
- De Kay en 05-19-24
De: Amanda Montell
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Don't Call It a Cult
- The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
- De: Sarah Berman
- Narrado por: Ewa Wolniczek
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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Investigative journalist Sarah Berman explores the shocking practices of NXIVM, a cult run by Keith Raniere and many enablers. Through the accounts of central NXIVM figures, Berman uncovers how dozens of women seeking creative coaching and networking opportunities instead were blackmailed, literally branded, near-starved, and enslaved. Don't Call It a Cult is a riveting account of NXIVM's rise to power, its ability to evade prosecution for decades, and the investigation that finally revealed its dark secrets to the world.
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Detailed (best for those already interested)
- De JR en 05-02-21
De: Sarah Berman
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Unscripted
- The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
- De: James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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In 2016, the fate of Paramount Global’s entertainment empire hung precariously in the balance. Its founder and head, ninety-three-year-old Sumner M. Redstone, was facing a very public lawsuit brought by a former romantic companion, Manuela Herzer, which placed Sumner’s deteriorating health and questionable judgment under a harsh light.
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I could t wait for it to end
- De Abbie L. Smith en 03-01-23
De: James B. Stewart, y otros
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Cultish
- The Language of Fanaticism
- De: Amanda Montell
- Narrado por: Ann Marie Gideon
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has.
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Get this book ASAP
- De chris boutte en 06-17-21
De: Amanda Montell
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Black Pill
- How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
- De: Elle Reeve
- Narrado por: Elle Reeve
- Duración: 8 h y 28 m
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Award-winning journalist and CNN correspondent Elle Reeve was not surprised by the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. With years of in-depth research and on-the-ground investigative reporting under her belt, Reeve was aware of the preoccupations of the online far right and their journey from the computer to QAnon, militias, and racist groups. At the same time, Reeve saw a parallel growth of counterforces, with citizen vigilantes using new tools and tactics to take down the far right.
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Great story — uneven performance
- De SSG en 08-19-24
De: Elle Reeve
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The Mother Next Door
- Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy
- De: Andrea Dunlop, Mike Weber
- Narrado por: Andrea Dunlop
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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No bond is more sacred than the one between a mother and child. And no figure is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the reason for the illness? What if the sympathy is the point? With help from some of the top MBP experts in the world, Dunlop and Weber uncover the complex maze of psychological, systemic, and cultural issues that compound MBP and offer solutions for how we might find our way out.
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Hope Ybarra-Did I know her?
- De Amazon Customer en 06-06-25
De: Andrea Dunlop, y otros
Historical perspective.
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Incredible listen
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Jane Marie offers an efficient overview of the history of MLMs in the United States, how they work, who they recruit, and the challenges of regulating them. She‘s hard on MLM founders but compassionate towards the many people who get swept up into them based on false promises. Narration is in the personal style that fans of „The Dream“ podcast will enjoy.
Read this before replying to a „Hey hon“ DM…
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Critical Reading for All
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Kept me wanting more
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Jane Marie, Expert in her Field
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Great expansion of The Dream podcast!!!
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Very Informative
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Just a small town girl from Michigan warning us all!
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As to the question, why do people join and then stay in MLMs long after there is any real chance to make any money, the author provides trenchant, razor sharp analysis.
Insightful Analysis
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