Anya Brown
Extra credit chapters 3 and 4
Iris Buder In chapter 3, it explains the question asked. “Why do drug dealers live with their moms?” The chapter starts out discussing “conventional wisdom”, a phrase by John Kenneth Galbraith. To him, this means that “we associate truth with convenience.” In other words, people do what is the easiest and that better behavior makes people have better self esteem. Galbraith says that economic behaviors are more complicated and it’s hard for to see character. The article talks about a survey being done. A student from the University of Chicago, Sudhir Venkatesh interacted with members of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. He thought this group was interesting in what they did. The Black Gangster Disciple…show more content… The only way to make good money is to be on the top of the pyramid. JT’s explanation is that he made the foot soldier’s salary lower in order to portray who’s in charge. The soldiers had to deal with risks with a chance of death. Even though there were risks involved, the dealers accepted the position because they wanted to be higher on the pyramid. The soldiers were poor to begin with. Drug dealing shows that when lots of people are eager to work a job, most of the time the pay isn’t great. The foot soldiers in the book stayed in the same position because they wanted to go up and once they found out they weren’t going any higher, they stopped. It just portrays how wages work. It really depends on the eagerness for the job and if it’s a glamorous job or not, as well as job requirements and if it's in high demand. The last segment of the chapter addresses the topic of crack cocaine and nylon stockings. It basically talks about how nylon stockings were for people with more money and of a higher class and silk stockings. The book compares it to crack. People got cocaine and found a way to make
