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It's a book about Sudhir Venkatesh's experience living in a poor neighborhood in Chicago and what he learned about the shadow economy there, it particularly focused on illegal activities within it.
He hung out more and more and more, and eventually he wrote a book about what he learned. It's called Off the Books, The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor.
— Episode: 90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
Episode: 90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
It's a book about Sudhir Venkatesh's experience living in a poor neighborhood in Chicago and what he learned about the shadow economy there, it particularly focused on illegal activities within it.
He hung out more and more and more, and eventually he wrote a book about what he learned. It's called Off the Books, The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor.