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capitalism's back door — same goods, no receipts, no rules, no refunds.
means an illegal trade network where goods or services are bought and sold outside government regulation, taxation, or law.
from the phrase surged in english during the 1930s, describing wartime rationing dodges — traders selling meat, fuel, and nylons off the books, in the shadows away from the official ledger's white pages.
prohibition boom1920s america ran almost entirely on one
biggest modern onecounterfeit goods, worth hundreds of billions yearly
prices spikescarcity and risk premium, not just illegality
organs includedkidneys trade illegally for tens of thousands