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Including inner city drug gangs. The kingpins basically just hand out a franchise "package" to a corner, selling the equipment and method, training and often ev
by OneTimePetes 5y ago
Including inner city drug gangs. The kingpins basically just hand out a franchise "package" to a corner, selling the equipment and method, training and often even fashion statements.
- netizen-936824 5y agoCan you please cite a reference for this concept? I'm interested in learning more and I'd like to read some verified information about how they operate
- newsclues 5y agoWatch the wire
- ben_w 5y agoFiction isn’t evidence
- JetSpiegel 5y agoIt's the opposite, it might be hyperreal. More real than reality.
- VHRanger 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Leader_for_a_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Leader_for_a_Day Also: a McDonalds job is better than being a street corner dealer
- gurjeet 5y agoThe TED tak “ The freakonomics of crack dealing” might interest you. > What I'm going to tell you today is that, in fact, based on 10 years of research, a unique opportunity to go inside a gang -- to see the actual books, the financial records of the gang -- that the answer turns out not to be that being in the gang was a glamorous life. But I think, more realistically, that being in a gang -- selling drugs for a gang -- is perhaps the worst job in all of America. And that's what I'd like to convince you of today. https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_the_freakonomics_of_crack_dealing/transcript?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_the_freakonomics_of_...
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y agoNarconomics. Enjoy. https://www.econtalk.org/tom-wainwright-on-narconomics/ https://www.econtalk.org/tom-wainwright-on-narconomics/