Corporate lobbying is economically analogous to mafia extortion.
Evidence
But what exactly is the mafia? The hypothesis developed here is that the mafia is a specific economic enterprise, an industry which produces, promotes, and sells private protection. — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 10 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: State inefficiency and regulation create the market for mafia protection.; The mafia can be understood as an industry selling private protection — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 10; A free market in quality can dissolve the demand for mafia protection
Related
- A free market in quality can dissolve the demand for mafia protection (similarity 0.85)
- The mafia can be understood as an industry selling private protection (similarity 0.81)
- Mafia protection customers range from spot buyers to kin (similarity 0.81)
- The mafia protects everyone from peasants to arms dealers (similarity 0.81)
- Mafia protection treats crime as disputes, not offenses (similarity 0.80)
- Mafia protection is often genuinely sought after by customers, not merely imposed (similarity 0.79)
- American mafia arose where supply met demand, not from export (similarity 0.79)
- Mafia behavior is rational once considered as a protection-selling industry under competitive pressure (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- State inefficiency and regulation create the market for mafia protection.
#expands(0.80) - The mafia can be understood as an industry selling private protection
#expands(0.75) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 10 - A free market in quality can dissolve the demand for mafia protection
#qualifies(0.72)