[lbo-talk] Porn, pot, illegal labor power US economy

Chris Doss itschris13 at hotmail.com
Wed May 7 02:11:49 PDT 2003



>
> > >Marijuana, pornography and illegal labour have created a hidden market
> > >in the United States which now accounts for as much as 10% of the
> > >American economy, according to a study.
> >
> > Wow! That's one-fifth Russia's.
>
>What's one fifth of what?
>

The US shadow econ. is 10% of GDP; Russia's is 50%.

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