Vicious Circles: The Mafia's Control of the American Marketplace, Food, Clothing, Transportation, Finance
by Jonathan Kwitny
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This of it as a kind of tax. Every time you buy a pizza, or a hamburger, or new clothes, or use a product that has traveled in a truck, the odds are that you are paying a tribute to one of America's crime families. This book shows that the Mafia, and the larger crime syndicate that it dominates, has control over much of what the public regards as legitimate business. And when the Dons dominate the marketplace, they bring murder, arson, and violence with them.Tags
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LamontCranston Jonathan Kwitny was an influence on Mark Lombardis work and one of his exhibits was named after this book
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1518 Vicious Circles: The Mafia in the Marketplace, by Jonathan Kwitny (read 23 May 1979) I read this because it tells about the IBP case, and my law partner is mentioned several times in the book. The book is poorly organized, but what it tells is very disturbing. So many crooks, and so hard to fight.
I read this book because I worked for Daitch - Shpwell in the 60's when Moe Steinman was the ruling power. I knew and or knew of many of the people depicted and was once hit by Lombardi ( Steinman's driver/bodyguard) who was later shot and killed.
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