Former Presidential candidate for rent

Rudy Giuliani will do fundraisers for Republican candidates: for a piece of the action.

Say what you like about Rudy Giuliani &#8212 so do I. But he’s always good for comic relief, like the Second Gravedigger.

Now he’s figured out a way to get his Presidential campaign out of debt, including the $500k he owes himself. Giuliani is offering to do fundraisers with Republican candidates &#8212 in return for a piece of the action.

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) UCLA Homepage Curriculum Vitae Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com