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"My review of Freedomnomics by John R. Lott Jr."

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Anonymous bjdouble said...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070703/EDITORIAL/107030014/1013&template=printart

7/3/07, 5:28 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I recently read _Freedomnomics_ and was disappointed by the book, although it was full of interesting ideas. I don't think Lott ever came up with anything that he didn't expect to find and his book just became more and more partisan argument as it went on. Lott has a piece on the deterrent effects of the death penalty, but he utterly ignores one of the most astounding things in _Freakonomics_. According to Sudir Venkatesh's research on Chicago drug gangs, drug dealers face a 25% risk of being murdered. This is far above the tiny chance of being executed in any likely democratic judicial system. There is no shortage of young men willing to be drug dealers. Lott's conclusion about the death penalty may be correct, but his claim is weak when he ignores such a vastly more substantial risk.

Amit

7/4/07, 1:36 AM

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