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Ep. 146: Alex Tabarrok on the Economic Analysis of Crime
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- InFi: the Future of Finance
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Summary
Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He joins Bob to discuss the problems with the typical economic analysis of crime, which (in the hands of Gary Becker) advocated increasing the punishment to bolster deterrence. Related: - https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/09/what-was-gary-beckers-biggest-mistake.html - https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/17285.Jane_Jacobs Watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/KQYX_hTk3Tg Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infineogroup Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/infineogroup Learn more about Infineo at: https://www.infineo.io Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com