How lemons made the mafia

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Go to https://sponsr.is/cs_presentpast and use code PRESENTPAST to save 25% off today. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. The Sicilian mafia has become the template for organised crime. But where did they come from? 00:00 - 00:55 - Intro 00:55 - 02:55 - some mafia background 02:56 - 04:52 - will I be able to enter Italy ever again 04:52 - 05:57 - the market for lemons 05:57 - 07:51 - lemon production and politics 07:51 - 10:08 - eat your fruits 10:08 - 12:30 - maths Many thanks to David Angel! Sources: Go check out the main source for this video. It is really interesting. Arcangelo Dimico, Alessia Isopi, and Ola Olsson, “Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons,” The Journal of Economic History 77, no. 4 (2017): 1083–1115, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26787062 John Dickie, Cosa Nostra : A History of the Sicilian Mafia (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Salvatore Lupo, History of the Mafia (Columbia University Press, 2009) Paolo Buonanno et al., “Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia,” The Economic Journal 125, no. 586 (August 1, 2015): F175–202, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12236. Catherine Price, “The Age of Scurvy,” Science History Institute, August 14, 2017, https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-age-of-scurvy/ Stephen Bown, Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2005) https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2022/06/12/an-old-alaska-cure-for-scurvy-was-the-medicine-worse-than-the-disease/ Elenora C Gordon, “Scurvy and Anson’s Voyage Round the World: 1740-1744 an Analysis of the Royal Navy’s Worst Outbreak,” American Neptune 44, no. 3 (1984): 155–6 Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images. Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun! Every episode I show how history has influenced and made a thing, an idea or event in our present time. I make different content. You can find me on: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepresentpast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_presentpast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/@ThePresent_Past Logo by: https://www.instagram.com/multicolor_junkie/ If you have an idea for an episode please fill in this form: https://www.dropbox.com/request/nMMMSpoNWUJHBIZ8hJRu