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#Mercantilism
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...commerce, and trade into directions different from how individuals in the market may have wanted to direct their own activities, the more it created incentives for “#Smuggling” – #BlackMarkets – to get around the controls."
The basics:
"#Mercantilism as a System of Protection
The attitude of mercantilism towards the means of supplying the wants of human beings, i.e., towards...
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace - Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the in... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/technology/trump-ross-ulbricht-silk-road.html #amnestiescommutationsandpardons #drugabuseandtraffic #sentences(criminal) #ulbrichtrosswilliam #bitcoin(currency) #silkroad(website) #virtualcurrency #blackmarkets #trumpdonaldj
Ukrainian artifacts stolen by Russia appearing on #BlackMarkets
Historical #artifacts #stolen by #Russia in Ukraine have emerged on global black markets
In addition to systematic destruction of our #cultural heritage, Russia resorts to another crime: stealing valuable cultural objects
These artifacts, stolen from our museums & #archeological sites, are appearing on black markets. We already have enough evidence to launch new #criminal proceedings
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-artifacts-stolen-by-russia-appear-on-black-markets-kyiv-says/
'...[B]lack markets were not a major feature of life in wartime Canada. However, at war’s end limited black markets, especially in meat, emerged as consumer expectations outstripped supply.' https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20549547.2024.2400021 #foodhistory #WWII #Canada #rationing #blackmarkets #meat
From Online Drug Lord to Crypto Entrepreneur, Blake Benthall Is Back in Business - After Blake Benthall was arrested for running Silk Road 2.0, the infamous illegal drug ba... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/blake-benthall-silk-road-crypto.html #federalbureauofinvestigation #computersandtheinternet #internalrevenueservice #drugabuseandtraffic #silkroad(website) #bitcoin(currency) #benthallblake #blackmarkets #silkroad2.0 #start-ups
How a Crypto Compliance Officer Ended Up in a Nigerian Prison - Tigran Gambaryan, an American compliance official for the giant cryptocurrency exchange B... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/binance-crypto-compliance-officer-nigerian-prison.html #virtualcurrency #moneylaundering #abuja(nigeria) #zhaochangpeng #blackmarkets #taxevasion #binance
AT&T Passcodes for Millions Are Reset After Leak of Customer Records - Nearly eight million customers and 65.4 million former account holders were affected by t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/business/att-passcodes-reset-data-breach.html #telephonesandtelecommunications #computersandtheinternet #computersecurity #identitytheft #blackmarkets #techcrunch #passwords #at&tinc