{"product_id":"narconomics-how-to-run-a-drug-cartel-paperback","title":"Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Wainwright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePicking his way through Andean cocaine fields, Central American prisons, Colorado pot shops, and the online drug dens of the Dark Web, Tom Wainwright provides a fresh, innovative look into the drug trade and its 250 million customers. More than just an investigation of how drug cartels do business, \u003ci\u003eNarconomics\u003c\/i\u003e is also a blueprint for how to defeat them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHow does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the 300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of the strategy and tactics used by corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola.\u003cbr\u003eAnd what can government learn to combat this scourge? By analyzing the cartels as companies, law enforcers might better understand how they work -- and stop throwing away 100 billion a year in a futile effort to win the \"war\" against this global, highly organized business.\u003cbr\u003eYour intrepid guide to the most exotic and brutal industry on earth is Tom Wainwright. Picking his way through Andean cocaine fields, Central American prisons, Colorado pot shops, and the online drug dens of the Dark Web, Wainwright provides a fresh, innovative look into the drug trade and its 250 million customers.\u003cbr\u003eThe cast of characters includes \"Bin Laden,\" the Bolivian coca guide; Old Lin,\" the Salvadoran gang leader; \"Starboy,\" the millionaire New Zealand pill maker; and a cozy Mexican grandmother who cooks blueberry pancakes while plotting murder. Along with presidents, cops, and teenage hitmen, they explain such matters as the business purpose for head-to-toe tattoos, how gangs decide whether to compete or collude, and why cartels care a surprising amount about corporate social responsibility.\u003cbr\u003eMore than just an investigation of how drug cartels do business, \u003ci\u003eNarconomics\u003c\/i\u003e is also a blueprint for how to defeat them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wainwright\u003c\/b\u003e is the Britain editor of the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e. Until 2013 he was the Mexico City bureau chief of the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e, covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, as well as parts of South America and the United States border region. He has been a commentator on the drugs business on CNN, the BBC and NPR, among others. He has a first-class degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University. Wainwright lives in London, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770712588576,"sku":"9781610397704","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d8eba17a4010d717db7fc1e47b54564e.webp?v=1780377470","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/narconomics-how-to-run-a-drug-cartel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}