[muawiyah]

mafias thrive at the margins

[1010RD]

OK, so how does limiting a cabbies’ upper mobility by allowing a small oligopoly to control taxi medalions free then from mafia influence?

For instance, how are they different than the slave hire badges of the Antebellum South?

http://www.wakeforestcoins.com/slave%20badges/slave%20badges.htm

Here’s some taxi medallions:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=taxi+medallion&FORM=HDRSC2