Ponzi
Example Sentences
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Some have even argued that this makes the program a Ponzi scheme — although, by that definition, pretty much everything is a Ponzi scheme.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sadly, those who warn about stock-market manias, bubbles and Ponzi finance always look wrong until they look right.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Madoff scandal, in which investors lost $17.5 billion in invested principal, operated like a typical Ponzi scheme with returns to older investors paid by money from new investors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the 1990s, John Bennett and his New Era Philanthropy, a Ponzi scheme, bilked an ex-U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
They had the essential feature of a Ponzi scheme: To maintain the fiction that they were profitable enterprises, they needed more and more capital to create more and more subprime loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
