The Syndic Author:C. M. Kornbluth It is the dawning of a new age. All over the world, financial and governmental systems have collapsed under the weight of their own red tape and bureaucracy. Most of the world has regressed into savagery, but in the U.S.A., the ever-resourceful Mob has made American ts ultimate racket. The Syndic supplies liquor, gambling, women, loans, emplo... more »yment, and its own harsh justice - in other words, everything the public needs, at prices everyone can afford. It's the best of all possible worlds ... until the bad old U.S. Government begins to re-emerge.« less