Table of Contents
Introduction Cartel Incorporated 1
Chapter 1 Cocaine's Supply Chain: The Cockroach Effect and the 30,000 Percent Markup 9
Chapter 2 Competition vs. Collusion: Why Merger Is Sometimes Better Than Murder 29
Chapter 3 The People Problems of a Drug Cartel: When James Bond Meets Mr. Bean 53
Chapter 4 PR and the Mad Men of Sinaioa: Why Cartels Care About Corporate Social Responsibility 77
Chapter 5 Offshoring: The Perks of Doing Business on the Mosquito Coast 103
Chapter 8 The Promise and Perils of Franchising: How the Mob Has Borrowed from McDonald's 133
Chapter 7 Innovating Ahead of the Law: Research and Development in the "Legal Highs" Industry 149
Chapter 8 Ordering a Line Online: How Internet Shopping Has Improved Drug Dealers' Customer Service 167
Chapter 9 Diversifying into New Markets: From Drug Smuggling to People Smuggling 193
Chapter 10 Coming Full Circle: How Legalization Threatens the Drug Lords 215
Conclusion Why Economists Make the Best Police Officers 239
Acknowledgments 255
Notes 257
Index 267