The Freakonomics oF Crack Dealing

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This was a total surprise for me. I am shocked that someone like Sadir would have the guts to approach such people for an interview, of all things. I am glad the person survived the night. It does, however, put a new light on analyzing people that are in society that use illegal substances to profit themselves and then "still live with Mom", so to speak. There is more to "dealing" than meets the eye. bravo to the student from the University of Chicago.



 After watching the video "Is religion good or bad?" I first thought of our reading assignment "Freaks , Geeks and Cool kids". Is belonging to a religion a "wanting to belong?" Are we attempting a family structure of sorts, to share, be accepted, or loved? We have no shortfall of religions across the world yet we tend to follow what we like or were born into, good or bad?


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Of course, I do not believe that illegal substances dealers will quit their profession by watching this video, but I would not think twice in believing that one or two might do a double take on their position and find similarities with what the video shows.






When Mr. Levitt talks of how many of the dealers are still "broke" and live at home with mom, I thought that it was almost too funny. All those illegal actions and they end back where they started. The violence, bloodshed, and lives lost to basically go nowhere shows an element in society that takes us down many levels. this particular video is connected to our Economics discipline in which it deals with the supposed finances of illegal dealers. It can, as well, be connected to  Psychology as well.