The exchange rate behind bars
Article Abstract:
The prison culture has no cash, but myriad methods of exchange, barter, contrabanditry, and smuggling in its underground black market. No item, resource, or favor is without value.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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That sleek suburban political machine
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Nassau County, New York, has a debt of some $2.5 billion, and the sum will probably go higher. Every aspect of the county government seems poorly managed and antiquated.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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