{"product_id":"fast-money-schemes-hope-and-deception-in-papua-new-guinea-hardback-9780253025609","title":"Fast Money Schemes; Hope and Deception in Papua New Guinea (Hardback) 9780253025609","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFast Money Schemes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHope and Deception in Papua New Guinea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Cox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253025609\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.526 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. The most notorious scheme, U-Vistract, attracted many thousands of investors, enticing them with promises of 100 percent interest to be paid monthly. Its founder, Noah Musingku, was a charismatic leader who promoted the scheme as a form of Christian mission and as the basis for establishing an independent kingdom. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFast Money Schemes\u003c\/i\u003e uses in-depth interviews with investors, newspaper accounts, and participant observation to understand the scheme's appeal from the point of view of those who invested and lost, showing that organizers and investors alike understood the scheme as a way of accessing and participating in a global economy. John Cox delivers a \"post-village\" ethnography that gives insight into the lives of urban, middle-class Papua New Guineans, a group that is not familiar to US readers and that has seldom been a focus of anthropological interest. The book's concern with understanding the interweaving of morality, finance, and aspirations shared by a global cosmopolitan middle class has wide resonance beyond studies of Papua New Guinea and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e 1. Studying Scams\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Story of U-Vistract\u003cbr\u003e 3. Money Schemes in Melanesia\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cargo Cult Mentality\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plausibility, Experimentation and Deception\u003cbr\u003e 6. U-Vistract and the Prosperity Gospel\u003cbr\u003e 7. Negative Nationalism and Christian Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 8. Christian Patrons and Cosmopolitan Sentiments\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Some of us are fed up of banks!\"\u003cbr\u003e 10. Nationals Investing in the Global\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Disillusionment\u003cbr\u003e Selected Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525069402392,"sku":"9780253025609","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fast-money-schemes-hope-and-deception-in-papua-new-guinea-hardback-9780253025609","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}