--- Alypius Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The economics of spanking. > By Steven E. Landsburg > Does any reader have a better story?
Clearly the wealthy have more punishment options and so do not need to rely on spanking as much. But that does not imply that there are no alternatives to spanking for the poor. Moreover, suppose the culture of a society was such that spanking were considered child abuse. There would be a lot less spanking among all income groups. So it does come down to culture, but given that spanking is culturally acceptible, then it follows that the economic incentives are for the poor to practice it more. The fact that the wealthy do spank less implies that culturally spanking is not highly though of as a way to punish, relatively. Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]
