thats a cool article... > By measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he could > tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were... > > As it happens, his accidental study provides a window onto a subject > that has long stymied academics: white-collar crime.... > > A street crime has a victim...But white-collar crime presents no > obvious victim. Whom, exactly, did the masters of Enron steal from? And > how can you measure something if you don't know to whom it happened, or > with what frequency, or in what magnitude? > > Paul F.'s bagel business was different. It did present a victim. The > victim was Paul F. > > [...and they didn't steal from him...] >
This has a brilliant parallel in the file sharing debate... People who would never steal cash from an old lady will happily go out and steal from record companies by pirating thier CDs. Why? Becuase unlike Paul F.'s bagel business they can't see who they are stealing from or how much difference it is making. Great stuff. -- willyhoops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
