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Freakonomics author Steven Levitt digs into new data on the finances of a drug-dealing gang. Contrary to myth, he concludes, being a street-corner crack dealer isn't lucrative. It pays below minimum, and your boss can kill you.
About Steven Levitt
Steven Levitt's eye-opening Freakonomics took economic theory into the real world of suburban parenting and urban drug gangs, turning conventional wisdom upside-down. In 2006, Time magazine listed... Read full bio »
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