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''[['''The Voysey Inheritance]]''''' is a play written by [[Harley Granville-Barker]] in 1905. It centers on English gentleman Edward Voysey and histhe dilemma that arises when his father reveals to him that he has been running a Ponzi scheme for most of his life—usinglife - using his clients’clients' money to speculate on various business ventures without their knowledge or consent, then drawing in more clients into the scheme to get the money to pay off the earlier clients. Edward’sEdward's world is shaken enough by this news and the implication that most everything his family owns was paid for with essentially stolen money. ThenAnd then his father dies, leaving Edward with thecontrol and responsibility overof the business, - and well…well, [[It Got Worse|let’slet's just say things get worse]].

It was recently adapted into a four-act play by [[David Mamet]], and that was actually ‘’before’’''before'' the topic of Ponzi schemes became so relevant again thanks to Bernie Madoff.