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9/01/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1604-9/1/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Ramen noodles 'are most valuable US prison commodity', study finds
Underground economy. Where there is no currency to exchange, barter is a form of economy. One typical example is prison, where there is very limited interaction or transaction is made with the outside world. Inmates are provided daily necessities such as food and clothes but nothing fancy. They therefore barter things that are in demand such as cigarettes, sweets or preserved foods. You may think cigarettes are the most valued item for exchange as seen in movies but nowadays, to your surprise, ramen noodles are taking the place. They are high in calorie, sodium and fat, which offer immediate and lasting satisfaction where no such junk food is usually served. And according to the researcher, the less satisfying foods in prison, both in quality and quantity due to budge shortage, seem to have boosted the value of such instant food.
Enjoy reading and thinking what you’d want the most besides daily necessities when you’re isolated from the outside world.

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