About this episode
Escaping household chaos, a car-bound Jonah talks prisons with Brown University’s David Skarbek. Bolivian jails and Soviet gulags are just two choices in this long game of Where’d-You-Rather: Incarceration Edition. Skarbek takes us through the highlights of his upcoming book and touches on the delicate subject of policing. Show Notes: - Skarbeck’s upcoming book: The Puzzle of Prison Order: Why Life Behind Bars Varies Around the World - Skarbek on EconTalk - Pirates, Prisoners, and Lepers: Lessons from Life Outside the Law , by Paul and Sarah Robinson - Chained Heat - Caged Heat (There’s more than one of these???) - Jonah on the CHAZ - Rule of clans - German phrase for “Attaining freedom once you reach a city” - Alex Tabarrok on street safety policy - 1982 “Broken Windows” essay - Vin Cannato on The Remnant - Andersonville prisoner of war camp - Peter Leeson, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates - Emma Goldman, anarchist - Elinor Ostrom, economist - Gabi.com/remnant - ExpressVPN.com/remnant for 3 months free with a year plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices