Episode 216: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob
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The Mob in Johnstown
The mob in Johnstown was fueled by a disparity between the wealthy people and workers, says economist Andrew Keen. Keen: America put out the call for immigrants because there was all this work to be done that Americans didn't want to do. There was also discrimination against southern Italians who were treated as on a par with blacks, he adds. The immigrant groups banded together so they kind of banded together,. And out of that, the mob grew.
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