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Narconomics
Tom Wainwright
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Description for Narconomics
Paperback. Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they've learnt from big business. So when the drug cartels start to think like big business, the only way to understand them is using economics. The author meets everyone from coca farmers in secret Andean locations, to journalists with a price on their head - all in search of the economic truth. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JKVG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 222.
Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they've learnt from big business - brand value and franchising from McDonald's, supply chain management from Walmart, diversification from Coca-Cola. Whether it's human resourcing, R&D, corporate social responsibility, off-shoring, problems with e-commerce or troublesome changes in legislation, the drug lords face the same strategic concerns companies like Ryanair or Apple. So when the drug cartels start to think like big business, the only way to understand them is using economics. In Narconomics, Tom Wainwright meets everyone from coca farmers in secret Andean locations, deluded heads of state in ... Read more
Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they've learnt from big business - brand value and franchising from McDonald's, supply chain management from Walmart, diversification from Coca-Cola. Whether it's human resourcing, R&D, corporate social responsibility, off-shoring, problems with e-commerce or troublesome changes in legislation, the drug lords face the same strategic concerns companies like Ryanair or Apple. So when the drug cartels start to think like big business, the only way to understand them is using economics. In Narconomics, Tom Wainwright meets everyone from coca farmers in secret Andean locations, deluded heads of state in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785030420
SKU
9781785030420
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About Tom Wainwright
Tom Wainwright is the Britain editor of The Economist. Until 2013 he was the newspaper's Mexico City correspondent, covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, as well as parts of South America and the United States border region. Before moving to Mexico in early 2010 he covered crime and social affairs for the Britain section of The Economist. He has ... Read more
Reviews for Narconomics
An economics manual for the Breaking Bad generation... a fascinating account.
The Times
One of the pithiest and most persuasive arguments for drug law reform I have ever read.
Misha Glenny
New York Times
A lively and engaging book.
Wall Street Journal
Great fun... He reveals how ... Read more
The Times
One of the pithiest and most persuasive arguments for drug law reform I have ever read.
Misha Glenny
New York Times
A lively and engaging book.
Wall Street Journal
Great fun... He reveals how ... Read more