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Friday, February 23, 2007

The Worst Job in America



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Selling drugs in the inner cities is the worst job in America. The pay is low and the death rate is much higher than the death rate in Iraq. Drug prohibition has literally created a war zone in American inner cities.

A University of Chicago economist who lived with a gang for ten years looks at the details from an economic and sociological perspective. The talk lasts about twenty-two minutes and is given by one of the researchers on the project, economist Steven Levitt. If the video is not visible on your browser here is a alternate Youtube version. (Cross Posted at Classical Values.)

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