Cartels
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"A cartel is national or international organization of manufacturers or traders allied by agreement to fix prices, limit supply, divide markets, or to fix quotas for sales, manufacture, or division of profits among the member firms. In that it often has international scope the cartel is broader than the trust, and in that it carries on manufacture it differs from the speculative corner or ring. I believe that the existence of cartels refutes the beliefs of free trade and classic theories of economic competition. The existence of cartels is in opposition to classic theories of economic competition and the free market, and they are forbidden by law in many nations (http://encyclopedia.com/html/c1/cartel.asp)." There are several cartels in the world, but only 3 that will be presented in this paper, and they are: 1) Cali Cartel 2) Tijuana Cartel and 3) Gulf Cartel. I choose these 3 cartels because from what I have read, there has been controversy between each cartel. They have been "at war" between each other because everyone wants people to buy drugs from their cartel. Things get pretty intresting!..