Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons (2017)

Re:Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons (2017) by nico on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:23AM (#36907223)

So was Sicily the only producer of citrus fruit in the world?

If not, did mafias form on every location where citrus fruit was produced?

The article says that the sudden surge in demand for citrus coupled with weak law is what triggered it

Wouldn’t that have happened in a lot of other places as well?

Doesn’t seem to be specific enough

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Re:Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons (2017) by wahnfrieden on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:27AM (#36907277)

yes sicily was one of the largest citrus exporters globally

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Re:Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons (2017) by jmccaf on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:14AM (#36908019)

Article mentions the climate and growing conditions for citrus are specific so there were few locations where citrus was produced that were integrated to world trade; mild temperatures above freezing, irrigation, and rich soil. The article mentions large lemon exports from Sicily all the way to New York; and California wasn't a united state or developed market producer of fruit at this time.

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