American Dream

In the fine book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything), quite a few pages are devoted to the activities of a gang selling crack cocaine on the south side of Chicago, Illinois.

Compared to the "job" of selling illegal narcotics on a Chicago streetcorner, a job at Wal-Mart is pretty darned appealing - and legal, too.