Good Business in Hard Times

[KrissySim]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 10:56pm

Care to discuss?
Booze, Gambling, Sex

[jazzicat]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 8:40pm

Haha it's called Sin-Vesting, to put it appropriately!

Many investment firms have "Sin/Vice Funds"-- portfolios containing investments in sinful enterprises-- ie. liquor, tobacco, junk food (soda, sweets), gaming/casino equity investments, airlines, drugstores, unhealthy restaurants.

Others choose to privately invest in the drug trade.

[artscallion]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 9:19pm

Prohibition, which had been in effect for something like a dozen years, became extremely unpopular when the Great depression hit, leading to its repeal in 1933.

This was also a time when movies, particularly musicals, soared in popularity. People stood shivering in food lines while the silver screen showed a world filled with dancing, singing, sequins and madcap adventures. It was cheap escapism in hard times. A way to forget your reality.

Booze, drugs, sex in one way are all the same. They take people out of their troubles for a moment. In another way, they can all involve addiction for some people. And an individual's financial prosperity is irrelevant when it comes to addiction.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:51pm

Not that it it hasn't been done before, but there is no doubt some screenwriting potential here, but with a new take on things.