Malcolm gladwell and Richard Simmons and Little Things by andy andrews and i think theres another one or nine of them that is ill think of it in a minute. How do you select books that you read . It varies. Im big on biographies and history. I tell people that smart people learn from their mistake. But brilliant people learn from other peoples mistakes thats why you should read history, and biographies. Because you have the opportunity to learn not only what went right, and not necessarily by date and names and facts. But the experience and spornt about what went wrong thus you learn from other peoples mistakes. Where do you like to read . Wherever i can. I like on vacation im not much of a beach guy so i take a bag full of books and i go through pretty quick i read on the plane just any time that i can get a quiet place and have a cup of hot tea. And just sit back and read that take notes. I keep a little journal to take notes on the books that im reading. The other book that two other
Chief economist at u. S. Sentencing commission and ive had positions that are in a variety of different universes like wharton business school, university of chicago, stanford, yale. Im going to talk to a little bit about some of the misimpression that people have about guns and crime. Normally, im a very empirical guy. I would go and show you lots of graphs and stuff. A little bit stymied on that given the technical issue that we have here but there is still lots of issues we can go and talk about. So, just off the top of my head, a couple of claims we have frequently hear about, one is that background checks go and stop about 3. 5 million dangerous prohibited people from obtaining guns. Everybody wants to try to stop criminals or other people who might be dangerous from being able to go and get a hold of guns. Problem is that claims that are made simply are not correct. You know, rather than saying 3. 5 Million People have been stopped from buying guns, what they should actually say
And now on cspan2s booktv, more television for serious readers. John watts discussion on gun control is next from our libertarian conference, freedom fest. [inaudible conversations] all right, well i guess we are having technical problems here but hopefully they will be taken care of soon. I hope you all know who i am. My name is john lott. President of Crime Prevention Research Center bid ive been an academic most of my life. Chief economist at the u. S. Commission and positions that are a variety at different universities. University of chicago, stanford, yale. But im going to talk to you about some of the missed impressions people have about guns and crime. Normally, im a very empirical guy so i would show you lots of graphs and stuff. A little bit stymied on that given the technical issues we have but there are still lots of issues we can go and talk about. So, just off the top of my head, a couple claims we frequently hear about. One is that background checks go and stop about 3.
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