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"Krueger proves...that terrorists are not desperately poor killers but well-educated politicians using violence to draw attention to their 'market'--violent change."--Hernando de Soto, author of The Mystery of Capital. Features a new Introduction by the author.he author.



Trade Review
"Pathbreaking."—David Leonhardt, New York Times
"The most careful data-driven research ever done in this area."—Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics
"Full of first-rate empirical work."—Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
"The book provides a valuable service in dispelling the stereotype of the poor, ignorant terrorist."—Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Science
"This book is a model of how academics can contribute to major public policy debates."—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs
"[What Makes a Terrorist] enlists the 'dismal science' to tackle the despicable one. Provocative, dispassionate and accessible, Krueger's book is a breath of fresh air in the stifling climate of empty speculation that dominates the terror dialogue in post-9/11 America."—Ryan Hagen, Brooklyn Rail

What Makes a Terrorist

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    A Paperback / softback by Alan B. Krueger, Alan B. Krueger

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 24 September 2019
      ISBN-13 9780691196077
      978-0691196077
      ISBN-10 0691196079
      Also in:
      Business, Finance & Law International economics Violence and abuse in society

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      "Krueger proves...that terrorists are not desperately poor killers but well-educated politicians using violence to draw attention to their 'market'--violent change."--Hernando de Soto, author of The Mystery of Capital. Features a new Introduction by the author.he author.



      Trade Review
      "Pathbreaking."—David Leonhardt, New York Times
      "The most careful data-driven research ever done in this area."—Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics
      "Full of first-rate empirical work."—Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
      "The book provides a valuable service in dispelling the stereotype of the poor, ignorant terrorist."—Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Science
      "This book is a model of how academics can contribute to major public policy debates."—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs
      "[What Makes a Terrorist] enlists the 'dismal science' to tackle the despicable one. Provocative, dispassionate and accessible, Krueger's book is a breath of fresh air in the stifling climate of empty speculation that dominates the terror dialogue in post-9/11 America."—Ryan Hagen, Brooklyn Rail

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