Gambling and the Mafia
Uploaded by spootyhead on Mar 20, 2007
Gambling and the Mafia
What effects the economy is an endless number of things, but an interesting topic that we decided to do is how gambling and the Mafia effect the economy. The Mafia or otherwise know as organized crime is a society that seeks to operate outside the control of the American people and their governments. It’s actions are not impulsive but rather the result of intricate conspiracies, carried on over many years and aimed at gaining control over fields of activity in order to earn large profits. Just to give you a little better look into the Mafia we have provided some mobster vocabulary. To whack, is to kill someone, the commision, they are the ruling body of the US Mafia, omerta, is an oath of loyalty, la cosa nostra, is a tradition of organized crime, and a street tax, is a fee imposed by the mob for breaking the law.
The way the Mafia affects the economy is generally the Mafia tries to gain control of a particular part of a market. This is bad for the market because it well end up creating monopolies and will prevent other firms to enter the market, that could also lead to price gouging. A lot of the Mafia “families” also sells drugs and other illegal goods. This is also bad because it brings drugs into the country. Another Mafia business is “street taxes,” the fees imposed on the people for breaking their rules. These taxes, if they are not paid can result in murder and or severe beating. This is obviously not good because no one wants to pay money to save a beating, and it also takes money from the economy. But this is also a pretty inelastic thing because of course you’re going to pay anything to keep yourself from getting beaten.
Gambling and the Mafia are related because illegal gambling is one of the Mafia’s largest industries. Illegal Gambling is any gambling in violation of state law. It is an operation involving five or more people to run. Illegal Gambling is also a project in operation more than thirty days a year or it produces revenue of more than 2,000 dollars a day.
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