Wouldn’t it be a trip if Bill Clinton, having ratcheted expectations for his speech tomorrow night as low as possible, surprised everyone by giving the rip-roaring Democratic speech he’s capable of, reminding the country that eight years of peace and prosperity weren’t really that hard to take?
Wouldn’t it be a trip if Bill Clinton, having ratcheted expectations for his speech tomorrow night as low as possible, surprised everyone by giving the rip-roaring Democratic speech he’s capable of, reminding the country that eight years of peace and prosperity weren’t really that hard to take?
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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Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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