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I was living in New York when Giuliani introduced the reforms that made the broken windows theory famous, and the transformation was miraculous. I would like t
by albertcardona 18y ago
I was living in New York when Giuliani introduced the reforms that made the broken windows theory famous, and the transformation was miraculous.
I would like to remind you here of the analysis made in the book "Freakonomics" regarding the "miraculous" reduction in crime at that time. Namely, lots of individuals that would have been in the social situation leading to crime were not born. The suspected cause being an abortion case won some years before in court.
- barry-cotter 18y agoI love Freakonomics, it's a large part of the reason I'm studying economics but that chapter is a catastrophic pile of wrong. Two articles picking it to pieces http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/wp/wp2005/wp0515.pdf http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/wp/wp2005/wp0515.pdf http://islandia.law.yale.edu/donohue/Joyce%20%282004%29.pdf http://islandia.law.yale.edu/donohue/Joyce%20%282004%29.pdf)
- albertcardona 18y agoInteresting, had no idea their point had been put to such a scrutiny. Thanks for the very interesting links.
- bodhi 18y agoI was interested as well, I discovered this: http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/Faculty/Donohue_Measurement_Error.pdf http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/Faculty/Donohue_Measur... Down the rabbit-hole we go!