Fast money schemes : hope and deception in Papua New Guinea /
John Cox.
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Framing the global .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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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Ponzi schemes--History.--Papua New Guinea Swindlers and swindling--History.--Papua New Guinea