Test of the emergency book system
Technical ·Saturday May 3, 2008 @ 23:24 EDT (link)
I actually didn't read all of these books today, but I did finish my book-scanning system project (and since I just scanned them as read now, they're all showing up today; I could fix them, but it's close enough and I don't remember exactly when I finished them all).
Good books. Highly recommended. Economic effects of various policies; the following reduce crime (and are almost universally hated on by liberals):- concealed carry
- the death penalty
- law enforcement (arrest rates)
the following didn't matter:and the following increased crime:- gun locks and safe-storage laws
- legalized abortion (contrary to what Freakanomics claimed)
- affirmative action in police hiring
Except for Freedomnomics, which appears to be written with more of a mass market appeal in mind, the books are so packed with statistics to be stultifyingly boring to non-statisticians—and I mean that in a good way. Dr. John Lott Jr. has done his homework; he's controlled for all sorts of variables, and determined what results are and are not statistically significant, and come up with actual economic results of various government policies investigated.
Books finished: The Bias Against Guns, More Guns, Less Crime, Freedomnomics.
