Enrichment
The power of drug cartels
Ruth Tarrant
5th February 2016
This TED talk on the power of drug cartels in Mexico is a combination of fascinating and dark material - a powerful insight into the externalities associated with the drug market, as well as an attempt to establish the reasons for the existence of this black market.
- Economics
- Blog
- Enrichment
- Cartel
- Black market
- Externalities
- Negative externalities
- Economies of scale
Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been an enthusiastic Head of Economics and Politics for many years, having taught in a variety of schools and at university level. She is also a Senior Examiner. Ruth is passionate about boosting the quality of teaching and learning across all subjects in schools and colleges.
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