He was saying fines and prison aren't usually needed to keep the wealthy from doing bad things. Poor people have neither reputation or money to lose so prison i

He was saying fines and prison aren't usually needed to keep the wealthy from doing bad things. Poor people have neither reputation or money to lose so prison is the only way to motivate them. Which tells you how much Posner knows about actual poor people. For most poor people their good reputation is the only thing of value they have.