The use of -isms distract us from the basic question: what political and private institutions are better at matching people to capital.
Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.
We ought to read The Dispossessed to appreciate complexity—and the imperfection of our theories in the face of life’s messy reality.
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Compared to Europe, Canada and Australia the honest answer is “yes—but with good reason.”
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Our system has become utterly cavalier in its use of the criminal sanction.
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The best way to explain why we incarcerate so much is to explore what would happen if we didn’t.
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We do imprison too many, and Latzer unduly minimizes the breathtaking severity of America’s criminal justice system.
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Debates should continue about root causes, but attacking incarceration is not the right way forward.