THE LAST DITCH

I know this is quite old but I was telling my daughters about it over dinner last night and thought it could use another airing.

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3 responses to “Steven Levitt: Economics for those who are not interested in Economics”

  1. jameshigham Avatar

    More data on your daughters, Tom. Now, about that invitation of yours.

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  2. Ruthie Avatar

    This is hilarious! I’m sharing it with my brother.

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  3. David Barfield Avatar

    Thanks for showing this lecture. It is humorous but there is a dreadful contemporary relevancy. It shows the mad absurdity of the inner workings of the crack-cocaine gangs that are active on our streets. There is a lot to think about!

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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