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Simply putting more police on the streets might be one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce crime.

October 3, 2012, Jens Ludwig, USA Today

Web Chat: Health Care and the Supreme Court

June 20, 2012

Sizing Up the Obama Administration's Defense of the Health Reform Law

January 9, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

More Prisoners Versus More Crime is the Wrong Question

December 2011, Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig

Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary?

October 25, 2011, Clifford Winston

First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers

2011, Robert W. Crandall, Vikram Maheshri and Clifford Winston

From Chicken Game to Constitutional Crisis: The Debt Ceiling Debate

July 18, 2011, Bill Frenzel

Constitutional Right to a New Fiscal Federalism

September 17, 2010, Tracy Gordon

Will the United States Become a Global Securities Policeman?

August 5, 2010, Robert C. Pozen

Transition to Adulthood

April 27, 2010

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Can Parent Training Reduce Abuse, Enhance Development, and Save Money?

Fall 2009, Richard P. Barth and Ron Haskins

Social Science Rising: A Tale of Evidence Shaping Policy

Fall 2009, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn , Ron Haskins and Christina Paxson

Editors' Summary of the Spring 2009 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

April 2009, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers

The Limits of Abstract Patents in an Intangible Economy

January 14, 2009

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From Prison to Work: A Proposal for a National Prisoner Reentry Program

December 2008, Bruce Western

Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison

Fall 2008, Ron Haskins and Laurence Steinberg

Juvenile Justice

October 15, 2008

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U.S. Expanding the Law - Domestic and Foreign - to Benefit Corporations

February 17, 2008, Ben Klemens

More COPS

March 2007, Jens Ludwig and John J. Donohue III

Statement on the Supreme Court Patent Case

February 23, 2007, Ben Klemens

U.S. Patent Imperialism Hurts American Interests

August 25, 2006, Ben Klemens

Transitioning Ex-Offenders into Jobs and Society

April 10, 2006, Hugh B. Price

Do Police Reduce Crime?

October 7, 2004

Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces After a Terrorist Attack

October 2004, Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky

Federal Prison Industries: Fair to business, vital to society

March 1, 2004, Larry D. Thompson