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Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter
Macrodosing: Arian Foster and PFT Commenter

Bernie Madoff ft. Large

July 19th, 20222 hr 53 min

Episode Description

On this week's Macrodosing, we brought on Large to discuss Bernie Madoff and his $60 billion Ponzi scheme that landed him in federal prison. Obviously when discussing the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, the Ponzi scheme itself — named for famed early 20th century fraudster Charles Ponzi — got discussed as well.

In terms of things to have named after you, a scheme is right there at the top. Sure, it might not reflect too well on your name, but it's nothing if not memorable. If I was to come up with a top five, I think the following four would round it out, in no particular order:

- City/State/Country

- Street

- Airport

- Food

Airport is definitely last on this list, because while it's certainly notable, 99 percent of people hate the airport. Hearing John F. Kennedy's name invokes thoughts of a TSA line long before anything about him having been a president. The closest to a scheme is probably food. Salisbury steak, Fettuccine Alfredo, Caesar Salad (not named for *that* Caesar, but a Caesar nonetheless). Get an item like that and your name lives forever.

But at the end of the day, none of these come close to a scheme. We're due for a newly named scheme at this point. Ponzi is played out. I'd place a bet on Billy Football being the next to stake his claim to a scheme.

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