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An economist's case for second chances

Talking with Jennifer Doleac about her new book and what it takes to make cities safer

Economists love to say there are no free lunches.

Jennifer Doleac thinks criminal justice is one of the rare places where that’s wrong.

In this episode, Jerusalem Demsas, host and editor of The Argument talks with Doleac, economist and author of The Science of Second Chances, about what happens when you treat crime policy like an empirical problem instea…

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