Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti...
by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:11AM
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Actually, no. A massive amount of crime is either primarily or secondarily driven by economics.
That is, the crime is conducted for direct financial gain (various black markets, theft, burglary, fraud), to defend a criminal enterprise (turf wars), to gain resources to feed some criminal activity (drugs and gambling addictions, especially), or as a consequence of economic marginalisation (people pushed into desperate situations, or engaging in activities on account of those).
(There's also a tremendous amount of white-collar and corporate crime which is never prosecuted, a whole 'nother story. The dumb criminals are the ones who get caught.)
Even various forms of tribalistic / hate crimes are often related (with varying levels of justification, having a floor of zero) to economic perceptions. As are crimes of passion or pride or reputation.
There's not a whole lot of crime that isn't at least arguably connected to some economic motive or dynamic.
That is, the crime is conducted for direct financial gain (various black markets, theft, burglary, fraud), to defend a criminal enterprise (turf wars), to gain resources to feed some criminal activity (drugs and gambling addictions, especially), or as a consequence of economic marginalisation (people pushed into desperate situations, or engaging in activities on account of those).
(There's also a tremendous amount of white-collar and corporate crime which is never prosecuted, a whole 'nother story. The dumb criminals are the ones who get caught.)
Even various forms of tribalistic / hate crimes are often related (with varying levels of justification, having a floor of zero) to economic perceptions. As are crimes of passion or pride or reputation.
There's not a whole lot of crime that isn't at least arguably connected to some economic motive or dynamic.