The new issue is here. The table of contents I list beneath the fold...
Table of Contents with links to articles (pdf)
- Crossfire Over Shall-Issue: Writing in the Stanford Law Review
in 2003, Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue found the balance pointing
toward "more guns, more crime." Making a number of upgrades, Carlisle
Moody and Thomas Marvell redo it and find the balance pointing the
other way.
(Professors Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue have been
invited to reply to this article, and their analysis will appear in the
January 2009 issue of the journal.) - Economists on Sports Subsidies: Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys call the rout.
- Colleagues, Where Is the Market Failure?: Daniel Klein dissects the judgment and rhetoric of economists on the FDA.
- The Curtailment of Critical Commentary: A report from Down Under.
- The State of Economics Science—82 Years Ago: A reprint from Social Forces, 1926.
- Endeavor in “We”: Daniel Klein invites a discussion about building an identity for [Placeholder] economics.
- Salute to Stiglitz on Iraq: Fred Foldvary reviews The Three Trillion Dollar War by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes.
- Where There’s Smoke: All funding is agenda-laden, says a correspondent.
I’m printing out the Marvell and Moody piece now. Very interesting.
(using lagged depvar with fixed effects creates the problem I meant to say).
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I read the Marvell paper, and the conclusions were compelling. The only piece that matters, however, is the literature review table. It clearly shows that there is a consensus that guns at least have no effect, and probably reduce crime. Based on the precautionary principle, we therefore need to take all measures to increase concealed carry as soon as possible.
Ayers and that ilk are going against the consensus, and deserve to be mocked, have their academic credentials challenged, be denied funding, and lose their rights at the faculty club. These deniers are clearly in favor of more women getting raped – who let these misogynists publish anyway?
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