Pressing World Issues Log
Wed Apr 5, 2023
- Based on learnings from Peace is Over, it is useful to consider the size of the illicit, illegal, terrorist, corrupt economy. Defense is only $600B [1]. Corruption market is $2.6T [2]. Drugs are $600B, same as military. Organized crime is $900B. [3]. What is overlap between corruption and crime? Not same thing? [4]
- Thus, we have about a $3T market for corruption. This makes corruption the 5th largest economy in the world [5].