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This is Planet Money from NPR.
Most of us in this world are destined to be forgotten.
I know, it's sad, but it's true.
A lucky few will land in the history books.
Fewer still might have our names put on something.
A road sign, a stadium, maybe even get a statue or a plaque.
Probably the least likely scenario is to become so famous, or so infamous, that our names will live on in language.
Gerrymander, the word named after Elbridge Gerry,
19th century governor of Massachusetts and early pioneer of the Gerrymander.
Saxophone named after its inventor, Adolphe Sax.
And then there's the Ponzi, the Ponzi scheme named after one Charles Ponzi.
A Ponzi scheme is an investment opportunity that's more of a con.
The way it works is you have to use or steal money from newer investors to pay back the earlier ones.
They happen all the time these days.
In fact, just recently, Travis Kelsey, husband to Taylor Swift,
was named by prosecutors as a victim in a $35 million Ponzi scheme.