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Deception as Investment: How to Make Digital Ponzi Schemes in China

Anthropology News

Archived webpage (ppdai.com) on Aug. Archived webpage (ppdai.com) on March 28, 2015, highlighting the high annual rate, professional services, and safety for investors if using their investment app. The P2P industry thrived in 2014, championing financial inclusion ( puhui jinrong ) endorsed by the state.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

For data collection, we consider the typical ways in which process tracing gathers evidence on the observable implications of causal mechanisms, including archival work, document analysis of secondary sources, various field methods (interviews, political ethnography, ethnography), and surveys.