False memory vs. real memory
05 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, health economics, law and economics Tags: cognitive psychology
“The problem with regulating hate speech is simple… who defines hate?”
05 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in law and economics Tags: free speech, hate speech, political correctness, The fatal conceit
Data worth noting
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, politics - USA

If sociologists are good for anything, they should be able to explain this social revolution. Can they?
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: racial discrimination

.@JustSpeak didn’t know only 20 people in prison for drug use in NZ
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - New Zealand

From https://www.justspeak.org.nz/ourwork/justspeak-briefing-to-incoming-ministers which footnotes a Cato Institute publication instead of New Zealand correction statistics.
.@AndrewLittleMP @NZDrug @Alisonmau hung around with some daft people at the Justice Summit @sst_nz
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - New Zealand

Japan has a lower crime rate than Norway because of its prison systems? In Japanese prisons, every moment, every movement of your body and eyes are controlled on pain of a beating
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment

Why Japan’s conviction rate is 99% | The Economist
03 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, Japan, law and order
Maybe Bertrand Russell was not a complete prat on politics after all
02 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, Marxist economics, Public Choice
Elizabeth F. Loftus – False Memories
01 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics
Why Young People Helped Elect A Far-Right Authoritarian In Brazil (HBO): the left-wing incumbents were crooks
01 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: Brazil
The Time Rock & Roll Saved Free speech
31 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, law and economics, Music, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: free speech



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