“Make no mistake: John McCain may pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we’re the ones who will pay for his flip-flops.”
I’m really, really hating this convention: so many of my un-favorite politicians are giving great, unselfish speeches. Bill Richardson, just now (I’m quoting from memory):
“Make no mistake: John McCain may pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we’re the ones who will pay for his flip-flops.”
Richardson also mentioned the right of workers to organize. Good for him.
Also a great riff on fighting threats “not where we imagine them to be, but where we know them to be.”
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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