tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433094950319142561.post613175907733394521..comments2024-02-20T12:12:03.700+02:00Comments on Read with Style: Freakonomics - The Hidden Side of EverythingLorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10561307383920420313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433094950319142561.post-70481615458515098092011-02-27T13:13:01.728+02:002011-02-27T13:13:01.728+02:00HT: And most of these prisoners are nonviolent dru...HT: And most of these prisoners are nonviolent drug offenders. <br /><br />CHOMSKY: The enormous rate of growth of the prison population has been mostly drug related. The last figures I saw showed that over half the federal prison population, and maybe a quarter in state prisons, are drug offenders. In New York State, for example, a twenty-dollar street sale or possession of an ounce of cocaine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433094950319142561.post-46436100124120431902011-02-27T13:11:26.814+02:002011-02-27T13:11:26.814+02:00http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/199804--.htm
S...http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/199804--.htm<br /><br />Since the 1930's, every businessman has understood that a private capitalist economy must have massive state subsidies; the only question is what form that state subsidy will take? In the United States the main form has been through the military system. The most dynamic aspects of the economy -- computers, the Internet, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com