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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan B Krueger |
ISBN: | 9781400888979 1400888972 |
OCLC Number: | 1100675103 |
Description: | 1 online resource : 21 black and white illustrations 21 tables |
Responsibility: | Alan B. Krueger ; introduction by Alan B. Krueger. |
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"Pathbreaking."-David Leonhardt, New York Times "The most careful data-driven research ever done in this area."-Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics "Full of first-rate empirical work."-Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "The book provides a valuable service in dispelling the stereotype of the poor, ignorant terrorist."-Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Science "This book is a model of how academics can contribute to major public policy debates."-Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs "[What Makes a Terrorist] enlists the 'dismal science' to tackle the despicable one. Provocative, dispassionate and accessible, Krueger's book is a breath of fresh air in the stifling climate of empty speculation that dominates the terror dialogue in post-9/11 America."-Ryan Hagen, Brooklyn Rail Read more...

