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Crime doesn’t pay. If you look up earnings of US mafia members you’ll find that your average organisation has few people on top making ton of money they are jus
by Ralfp 5y ago
Crime doesn’t pay. If you look up earnings of US mafia members you’ll find that your average organisation has few people on top making ton of money they are just sitting on because its dirty money they can’t easily launder or spend, with under-bosses making middle-class money and everybody else scrapping by, with their possesions being in illiquid assets that are hard to turn into cash in time of need like stolen goods (electronics, clothes, cars etc. ect,) or property shares.
- stjohnswarts 5y agofreakanomics had a great chapter on this in the first (I think) book.
- Ralfp 5y agoAFAIR it was there I saw that 50% of mafia members ann. earlings are less than $19500, with extra being assets I’ve mentioned above.
- tablespoon 5y ago> freakanomics had a great chapter on this in the first (I think) book. Wasn't that about street gang members and not the mafia? I vaguely recall it was something about working at McDonald's pays better than being a street-level drug dealer.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI guess my point is that crime is like being an actor. Only the 0.001% who hit it big do better than they would have as an engineer, doctor, lawyer, or MBA.
- Melatonic 5y agoI think that is probably what most people expect - and what most Mafia bosses would want. If your underlings dont make a ton of cash on their own and are reliant on you for nice stolen goods, illegal apartments where they can (relatively comfortably) live, etc etc then they will have more trouble leaving the mafia life than if you just paid them a decent wage.
- hulitu 5y agoYou just described a normal corporation.