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This 10 page paper consults 10 books to see what their authors say about Peru and its drug economy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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various authors have used when consider the subject. Discussion The drug economy of Peru is extremely complex, and involves people from all parts of society, including the government and the
military. The books that have been written about the drug economy of Peru seem to have these factors as common threads, though the authors discuss other aspects of the situation.
The first book under consideration is by Clarence Lusane and Dennis Desmond. Their interest lies in examining the drug trade from the perspective of those who profit from it,
and what they reveal is probably not unexpected: its a lucrative business, but not everyone gains equally from it. However, the authors argue that "the illegal drug industry is the
most equal opportunity employer in the world" (Lusane and Desmond, 1991, p. 87). How profitable it is to individuals depends on where they are in the structure. There are
vast cartels that employ thousands of people and do millions of dollars of business per day; there are "mom and pop operations that are run out of the back seat
of a car" (Lusane and Desmond, 1991, p. 87). There are all kinds of "opportunities" available, such as franchises and individual entrepreneurial enterprises; the network also includes those who may
never come in contact with the drugs, such as pilots, lawyers and bankers and others who may act as fronts of dealers (Lusane and Desmond, 1991). But the (usually very
poor) peasants who grow the stuff that is eventually turned into high-end drugs are at the bottom of the heap. The authors note that for some countries, drug trafficking is
the foundation of their economy; they argue that in the 1950s, Asian nations, China in particular, grew and thrived thanks mainly to drug trafficking (Lusane and Desmond, 1991). They point
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