Korn Convocation Hall, Friday from 1-3, speaking on his new book, The Darwin Economy.
Robert Frank’s new book, The Darwin Economy, is a fascinating document: pointing out, for example, the the Pareto Principle isn’t really consistent with a species driven by sexual selection.
This Friday Bob will be at UCLA, giving the Marschak Memorial Lecture. (Korn Convocation Hall at the Anderson School, 1-3.) For those who have never heard Bob lecture, it’s a treat not to be missed.
There’s a lunch beforehand. If you’re in town and want to come to the talk, it’s open. If you want to come to lunch, send me an email.
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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Hm. I’ll check that out.
Thanks very much for the invitation, I wish I could attend.