J.D. Tuccille on Sex, Drugs, and Sociology

J.D. Tuccille reviews Floating City: A Rogue
Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy.
The book is a memoir of sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh’s years
spent penetrating New York City’s vast underground economy, with an
emphasis on cocaine and sex. Black markets have always existed to
provide goods and services that people want and that governments
don’t want them to have, says Tuccille. Floating City is a
fascinating glimpse at just how adaptable and real those markets
are.

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