David Skarbek

@DavidSkarbek

Senior Lecturer - Political Economy - crime, prison, gangs. Author of *The Social Order of the Underworld* (Oxford)

London
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Joined October 2010
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    22 Jun 2014

    Nobel laureate Tom Schelling: "This is a remarkable study...in the evolution of government...A great read."

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  2. 13h

    What if Donald Trump wanted *more* illegal immigration?,

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  3. 16h

    Tomorrow 4:30pm S2.49 - talk by (LSE) on "Vigilante Mobilization and Local Order: Evidence from Mexico".

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  4. 17h

    Making Fatty Girl Cakes: Food and Resistance in a Women’s Prison

  5. Nov 21

    Today History of Economic Thought: the Socialist Calculation Debate. Teams chosen by cookie.

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  6. Nov 21

    The world is changing its mind on cannabis legalisation and Britain should too – new report with

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  7. Nov 19

    How prison gangs govern the US penal system, book reviewed , :

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  8. Nov 20

    The gangs of El Salvador are not sophisticated global cartels but mafias of the poor

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  9. Nov 18

    Whether you're a superstar or the last guy off the bench, everyone has the ability to show up, work hard, and listen.

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  10. Nov 20

    . being sworn in as President of the Southern Economic Association

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  11. Nov 19

    oh God please stop with "the real reason Trump won" articles. multi-causality, people. . .

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  13. Nov 19

    Discussing the economics of crime at , featuring

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  14. Nov 18

    Four brilliant economists + one mediocre sociologist > five brilliant economists, says

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  15. Nov 18

    No such thing as *the* criminal justice system.

    Another take: percent change, rather than abs. Bins make a bit more sense now. Again: decarceration as local process, even WITHIN states.
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  16. Nov 18

    How to reduce crime in Chicago? Surprisingly (to me when I first learned of the program), behavioral therapy.

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  17. Nov 18

    How 86 burglars broke into homes. Sample bias? Strategic lies? Perhaps, but interesting, nonetheless

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  18. Nov 17

    My friend Anja Shortland at King's has a terrific new paper. Ronald Coase rulz!

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  19. Nov 17

    Hope everyone is following the hashtag! I'm on my way to Bristol.

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  20. Oct 30

    Full programme for 2016 Economics Festival: 40 world-leading economists/ 10 sessions 15-19 November

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  21. Nov 16

    Maybe America is simply too big

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