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Tag: Holiday Cheer

The antithesis of holiday cheer: “Collapse”

“It’s not that Bernie Madoff was a pyramid scheme… the whole economy is a pyramid scheme!”

Author Jon LebkowskyPosted on December 20, 2009December 21, 2009Categories Business, Community, EconomyTags Antithesis, Bernie Madoff, Collapse, Economy, Holiday Cheer, Pyramid Scheme

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