And the words of a gang member capture it quite nicely, he says: "Would you stand around here when all this shit..." — the shooting — "... if all this shit's going on? No, right? So if I gonna be asked to put my life on the line, then front me the cash, man." I think the gang member says it much more articulately than the economist, about what's going on.
Dice: "¿Te quedas aquí cuando toda esta mierda... los disparos, estén pasando? No, ¿cierto? Si vas a pedirme que ponga mi vida al frente, hombre, el efectivo por delante".