Alex Tabbarok wrote what I consider an extremely good piece about the relationship of this with the trouble in Ferguson, Mo over the last few years: http://marg

Alex Tabbarok wrote what I consider an extremely good piece about the relationship of this with the trouble in Ferguson, Mo over the last few years: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/ferguson-and-the-debtors-prison.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/fer...