Your Man Friday’s Ideas: Criminal Business Models

Your Man Friday’s Ideas: Criminal Business Models

Many people think that big business is criminal, for as Bertolt Brecht remarked, “It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.” But organized crime may be the ultimate big business. And often we are their customers.  Here are three TED talks that analyse the effective economics of established criminal enterprises. Draw your own conclusions about how similar they are to successful, ‘legitimate’ businesses.

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