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Tabarrok in NYC
I will talking about my book (with Eric Helland) Judge and Jury: Amercian Tort Law on Trial at the Harvard Club in NYC this Thursday (June 14, 07), 12pm-2pm. The event is sponsored by the Manhattan Institute. You can RSVP here.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on June 12, 2007 at 11:41 AM in Books | Permalink
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A quick check of the American Tort Reform Association website shows that several of the lawsuit “hellholes” are in heavily Hispanic areas (South Texas and Los Angeles). Could this be another adverse “externality” of mass immigration? Can we even admit that mass immigration has negative externalities? See http://www.atra.org/show/7654 for the list.
Posted by: Peter Schaeffer at Jun 12, 2007 3:56:56 PM
Try not to trip on the podium :-)
Posted by: Robb Lutton at Jun 12, 2007 10:17:59 PM
Schaeffer, did you conduct a statistical analysis of lawsuit hellholes vs. Hispanic population before you made your attack on them? Do you have a sufficient number of sampling points for your conclusion?
Posted by: Matthew at Jun 13, 2007 7:01:54 AM
Matthew,
The two counties in Texas are near the border. They are strongly Democratic and mostly Hispanic. Of course, they supported Kerry in 2004 (Hispanics don't vote Republican). The third county was Los Angeles. Enough said.
Note that the rest of the "hellholes" are not particularly Hispanic (too the best of my knowledge).
Posted by: Peter Schaeffer at Jun 13, 2007 7:58:54 PM
Cubans vote Republican.
Posted by: fustercluck at Jun 13, 2007 11:54:53 PM
Hispanic Republicans are more liberal than white Democrats.
Posted by: TGGP at Jun 14, 2007 9:23:38 PM
Posted by: 鑽石 at Apr 2, 2008 8:50:33 PM
