Title: Over Hyped
Product review: Obviously the book has generated enormous buzz, but as other commentators have noted:a) it's a pumped up articleb) it self-admittedly has no central themec) correlation does not equal causationTo point (c), there's a certain amount of "epater les conservatives" by correlating the decline in crime in the 1990s to the rise in abortions in the 1970s.The disappointment of this book is that the method behind it is very intriguing, and I hope that the authors will produce a substantive book in the future applying his economic model to the serious questions behind crime, urban investment, and other issues that this current piece touches on.Not worth buying, particularly when you can read it at the library in about two hours.
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