Comments on: Who was Ponzi? http://www.thesoapboxers.com/who-was-ponzi/ A web magazine that covers a world of topics every week. New articles published daily. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? (Part 1: Ponzi History)http://www.thesoapboxers.com/who-was-ponzi/comment-page-1/#comment-37930 » Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? (Part 1: Ponzi History) Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:48:22 +0000 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/?p=1218#comment-37930 [...] Charles Ponzi was a career criminal who stumbled upon his bright idea in 1919.  In theory, he was investing in international reply coupons.  International reply coupons were redeemable for first class international postage in any country that was a member of the universal postage union.  The international reply coupons bore different prices in different countries, due to differences in the underlying international postage rates. [...] [...] Charles Ponzi was a career criminal who stumbled upon his bright idea in 1919.  In theory, he was investing in international reply coupons.  International reply coupons were redeemable for first class international postage in any country that was a member of the universal postage union.  The international reply coupons bore different prices in different countries, due to differences in the underlying international postage rates. [...]

]]> By: kosmohttp://www.thesoapboxers.com/who-was-ponzi/comment-page-1/#comment-449 kosmo Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/?p=1218#comment-449 (sorry for the delay in displaying your comment - it got flagged as spam)Yeah, Ponzi's not the sort that you'd want your daughter to marry ...I bet he pinched himself after winning the libel suit. I'm sure that helped him convince investors that he was legit. (sorry for the delay in displaying your comment – it got flagged as spam)

Yeah, Ponzi’s not the sort that you’d want your daughter to marry …

I bet he pinched himself after winning the libel suit. I’m sure that helped him convince investors that he was legit.
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]]> By: Evanhttp://www.thesoapboxers.com/who-was-ponzi/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Evan Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:32:52 +0000 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/?p=1218#comment-446 What a guy. Serves him right that his legacy is now tied to a term we all hate. .-= Evan´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/40tech/~3/JsoGEpgYm4E/" rel="nofollow">Google Chrome Operating System – Able to Promise Big Because it Delivers Small?</a> =-. What a guy. Serves him right that his legacy is now tied to a term we all hate.
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