I’ve bought two books recently - McMafia and Rogue Economics. I’ll have to review them and then release them back into the wild via bookcrossing.com.
McMafia is a fearless, encompassing, wholly authoritative investigation of the now proven ability of organized crime worldwide to find and service markets driven by a seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares. Whether discussing the Russian mafia, Colombian drug cartels, or Chinese labor smugglers, Misha Glenny makes clear how organized crime feeds off the poverty of the developing world, how it exploits new technology in the forms of cybercrime and identity theft, and how both global crime and terror are fueled by an identical source: the triumphant material affluence of the West.
Trapped inside the ‘Market Matrix’, a web of economic and commercial illusions, consumers are at the mercy of this new force. Shockingly, they are at the same time victims and unwilling partners of the rogue forces unleashed by globalization. The global subprime crisis, the swift rise of the super-rich, as well as the illegal businesses ranging on the Internet are all part of this phenomenon, but so is our daily shopping. The shelves of supermarkets are full of rogue products; some are produced by today’s slaves.
For related content, I suggest you read up on Dillon Read: Economic Tapeworm, and an old video of Mike Ruppert, where he discusses the role of drug money in investing.
Google video: Cocaine Cowboys
The film reveals that much of the economic growth which took place in Miami during this time period was a benefit of the drug trade. As members of the drug trade made immense amounts of money, they would invest that money into legitimate businesses. As a result, drug money financed the construction of many of the modern high-rise buildings in southern Florida.
Sphere: Related ContentFrom LA to London, cocaine has
long been known as a social lubricant
It is a stimulant, helping users
feel alert and socially confident
It dulls the inhibitions that most of us have,
to a greater or lesser extent,
when mixing with a bunch of people
we don’t know very well
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