EconTech

From the nerdy(-ier?) Freakonomicist (otherwise I probably would’ve never written about this, and sorry for the length):
Think Twice Before You Wear Your “Free Mumia” T-shirt

By Steven D. Levitt

I was sitting in the student union at the University of Chicago last week when a student came by putting “Free Mumia” leaflets on the tables.
I have never [...]

IANAL
I’m still waiting for the AMA to strip the license of any physician that participates in the development of execution technologies or executions themselves for breach of oath.[1] They have said they are “troubled” by the requirements of many states to have a physician assist in executions but that seems like a rather easy position [...]

Courtesy of Justin Wolfers:
The front page of Sunday’s New York Times contained an interesting article reviewing research linking  the death penalty to homicide trends.  Adam Liptak attempts to provide a balanced account of the debate, noting first one set of findings:
According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives. For each inmate put to [...]

In a policy debate, data is usually good. But it is important to put data in context. Before I rant:
“Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate”:
This is easy for me. It doesn’t matter whether the research on the issue is valid or not. I’m against the death penalty. Period.:
Does Death Penalty Save [...]