markets, carefully styled "black"

[pynchonoid]

"Marijuana, pornography and illegal labour have
created a hidden market in the United States which now
accounts for as much as 10% of the American economy,
according to a study. As a cash crop, marijuana is
believed to have outstripped maize, and hardcore porn
revenue is equal to Hollywood's domestic box office
takings. 

"Despite laws that punish marijuana cultivation more
strictly than murder in some states, Americans spend
more on illegal drugs than on cigarettes. And despite
official disapproval of pornography, the US leads the
world in export of explicit sex videos, according to
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labour in the
American Black Market, by Eric Schlosser. [...] 

continues:

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,947880,00.html>

'The true war is a celebration of markets. Organic
markets, carefully styled "black" by the
professionals, spring up everywhere.'
-GR, 105

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