What explains the proliferation of Ponzi and similar financial schemes and

scams which overtook Jamaica in the last decade? The explanation offered

in this article points to change in the structural and institutional environment

that effectively created the conditions for scams to flourish. The short

story is one in which neoliberal globalising forces refashioned the country

in Ponzi’s image.

¿Qué explica la proliferación de esquemas financieros Ponzi u otros

de naturaleza similar; o las estafas que han permeado Jamaica en la