On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, RICHARD PISACRETA wrote:
> Something I didn't see in any of the papers I read from this country...
>
> Abortions cut crime rate in America The Times of London
> August 10, 1999 THE drop in US crime in the 1990s is directly linked to
> legalised abortion in the 1970s, according to a highly controversial new
> study <snip>
I assume that by "this country" Rip means the Excited States.
Actually, Karen Brandon of the Chicago Tribune had a piece on it on
August 8 and The Times seems to be reporting on that item.
Here's a part I particularly liked:
> I don't think it's our job as economists and scientists to
> withhold truth because some people are not going to like it, Mr
> Levitt said.
Does that remind anyone of another case we discussed recently on TIPS?
-Stephen
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