tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777766.post112814181368365872..comments2023-10-21T07:20:22.629-04:00Comments on Liberty Street: Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03849598751096484281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777766.post-1128398939947726612005-10-04T00:08:00.000-04:002005-10-04T00:08:00.000-04:00In fact, the authors of Freakonomics made explicit...<I>In fact, the authors of Freakonomics made explicitly racial arguments in economics journal articles. They said nothing remotely racist, but they did stress the empirical connection between race and abortion and crime.</I><BR/><BR/>Here is what the authors of Freakonomics said:<BR/><BR/>"It is true that, on average, crime involvement in the U.S. is higher among blacks than whites. Importantly, however, once you control for income, the likelihood of growing up in a female-headed household, having a teenage mother, and how urban the environment is, the importance of race disappears for all crimes except homicide. ... In other words, for most crimes a white person and a black person who grow up next door to each other with similar incomes and the same family structure would be predicted to have the same crime involvement."<BR/><BR/>You're right. That's not remotely racist. And it's also not remotely the same as what Bill Bennett said.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03849598751096484281noreply@blogger.com