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Topic: Inside the Shadow Economy

Self-deportation and the shadow economy

Andrew Leonard

Finding apps for the shadow economy

Andrew Leonard
Samir Mogannam

Samir Mogannam as told to Donny Lumpkins
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In praise of the shadow economy

Andrew Leonard

Haven for a young artist

Donny Lumpkins
A truck driver is silhouetted as he drives his truck to the port of Long Beach, Calif. (AP/Ric Francis)

Employers' new ruse for short-changing workers

Andrew Leonard
Day laborers sit in a parking lot in Phoenix. (AP/Matt York)

A growing underworld bazaar

Andrew Leonard
(iStockphoto/OlsenMatt/Salon)

Confessions of a male escort

Sean Shavers
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