1. Introduction -- 2. Humans and venison -- 3. Victims of progress -- 4. Rural philosophy and natural law -- 5. From a 'modest proposal' to eugenics -- 6. Invisible hand and visible injury -- 7. Value, risk and deviant innovation -- 8. Marginal utility and the hidden economy -- 9. Socialism for...

The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to eight weeks of group cognitive behavioral therapy,...