'These businesses have appealed to generations'

'These businesses have appealed to generations'

'An awkward truth about American work' Lora Kelley at The AtlanticMoments of "cultural change present openings for cons," as "early in the pandemic, the number of multi-level-marketing schemes (or MLMs) exploded," says Lora Kelley. MLMs "promised a kind of life that was too good to be true." The "low quality of many legitimate jobs has long provided cover for shadier schemes." Many of the "messages that MLMs adopt to reel in workers rely on a ce…