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Freakonomics Chapter 3: Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? Outline the main arguments and supporting evidence used by the authors While people think drug dealers earn a lot of money, it is actually only the people in the top of the pyramid who earn a lot of money. That is why most of the other drug dealers have to live with their moms. Evidence: The rest of the people, such as foot soldiers rarely earn any money, and the traders at the bottom even pay to be in the drug trading gang. Convincing and valid as it is also how big companies in the society works too. The people at the bottom of the pyramid barely earn anything, and have to rely on their parents for financial support. If they rarely earn any money and there is a great

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