Peter_Puget Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 (edited) Interesting study: "Abadie finds that a country's level of political freedom better explains the presence of terrorism." Link: NBER - Charge Earlier Draft - -free Check out the graph on page 15. Note that for a rights index of 7 a country would have to improve to a 3 before terrorist risk index was neutral. It appears as if one of the consequences of the Bush Doctrine (i.e. supporting freedom) will necessarily be an increase in the risk of terrorism as freedom increases. Could increased terorrism be indicative of success?Ultimately isn’t 3 a better position than 7? And 2 better than 3. And….. Edited May 16, 2005 by Peter_Puget Quote
cj001f Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 So are we free in America? Or unfree? Or is this another rightwing wonk wankfest? Quote
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