the black economy

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The black market is certainly good to an extent, providing a platform for the exchange of goods and commodities for people who may not have access to such things above board. Of course, that underground economy also becomes a platform for delivering goods and services that are in and of themselves illegal (and not just because you're not paying tax for it): slavery, weapons, sub-standard and dangerous "products". It all depends on the scope of what we're discussing here. But yeah, for me there's no way to say in broadstrokes if its good or bad.