During 1996-97, Albania was convulsed by the dramatic rise and collapse of several huge financial pyramid schemes. This article discusses the crisis and the steps other countries can take to prevent ...

This infamous communist-era pyramid is being reborn as a tech hub The Pyramid of Tirana was a symbol of Albania's brutal dictator. Now, MVRDV has plans to convert it into an "inhabited monument." ...

In Albania, a dictator's home provides inspiration ... to have undergone dramatic makeovers in recent years. Another is a pyramid in downtown Tirana once dedicated to Hoxha: now it is set to ...

Abstract: What lessons can be drawn from the unprecedented growth and spectacular collapse of financial pyramid schemes in Albania? This paper discusses the origins of the pyramid schemes and the way ...