The impact on crime? because there s data that suggests more abortion equals less crime. you remember the 2005 best seller freakonomics it connected the dots from a lower crime rate to the legalization of abortion based on a study that he had done with his fellow economist john donahue who will join me in just a moment. from 1991 until 2001, violent crime in the u.s. fell more than 30%, decline not seen since the end of prohibition. and in may of 2001, after crunching the data they published a study in the quarterly journal of economics. the impact of legalized abortion on crime. they wrote this, legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50% of the recent drop in crime. the underlying explanations suggested by levitt and donahue were controversial. they pointed to the concept of unwantedness. children born to parents who
Alameda County s first Black public defender is trying to fix the problem with juries
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Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, sitting on the steps of the county courthouse, is leading a local effort to make jury selection more representative.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Since being appointed Alameda County’s first Black public defender in 2012, Brendon Woods has been outspoken on a number of issues of criminal justice reform, including America’s history of discriminatory jury selections.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Brendon Woods started banging the drum for jury reform in 2018.
That was the year Alameda County’s first Black public defender spoke out against a Superior Court effort that would force residents to appear for jury duty at any courthouse in the county rather than the one closest to them. Woods said this would make jury participation harder for low-income Black and brown residents
Sayshat busveiness tax credits have little effect on real inveymstment. for policymakers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or smooth business cycle fluctuations the results are not promising. you have a smile on your face. do you know why you have a smile on your face? somebody went back. chris: you wrote it in 1997. out of my disseration. that wawork done 15 yrs ago. chris: it was 13. it was published 13. chris: okay. you said it had little effect. i m s miling because i already look inside this. for anybody at home who has my paper from the quarterly journal of economics, go look at table 6 which clarifies that is a statement of why when there are capacity constraints in an industry and you are ity ifdy close to capac you try to pass a subsidy it tends to drive up prices instead of getting more investment but we are not