Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00546)

I think the theory need to be further tested to see if the relationship can 
be used to reduce violence. My 0.02.

mkr


At 09:45 PM 05/20/05 +0000, david-blankenship@comcast.net wrote:
> There is a book out, called Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores 
> the Hidden Side of Everything. It is reviewed in the May 14 
> Economist. The book is written by a professor of economist at the 
> University of Chicago and a coauthor who is a contributor to the New York 
> Times magazine. One of the topics discussed in the book was why the 
> crime rate dropped during the 1990's. While some of the reasons given by 
> people were partially correct, the biggest reason, he discovered, was 
> abortion. Especially affected were the unmarried, teenage or poor and 
> sometimes all three. He tested his theory and it was generally born out.


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