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The economics of dealing crack

June 12, 2009

At TED in 2004, Steven Levitt, the University of Chicago economist and co-author of Freakonomics, analyzes the economics of the street-corner crack trade. Contrary to popular belief, the “corner boys” make less than minimum wage — for a job with a higher mortality rate than death row.

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: drugs, Steven Levitt, TED talks, video

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