In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable w

This book presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.

The most disturbing aspects of the growth of underground economies are the interrelated problems of unreported and unrecorded income. A large and growing underg

Comprises papers presented during the annual Public Lecture Series held at Western Michigan University. Examines problems of measuring the size and volume of un

From the back cover: The papers in this ground breaking book constitute a unique collection of information about the underground economy and how it is manifeste