>So the Krueger paper is interesting but a bit beside the point to
>most issues of terrorism and global support.
Why, because it presents actual evidence instead of conjecture?
>>They review other studies showing no relation between unemployment
>>over time and region and the incidence of hate crimes. There's
>>evidence that a combination of rising educational attainment and
>>declining economic prospects can lead to terrorism.
>
>The connection of hate crimes and terrorism seems a little tenuous,
>although I understand the logic.
>
>But the connection between general crime and poverty is well
>established. See this paper for some of the recent literature review:
>http://www.econ.upenn.edu/Centers/pier/Events/crime-ier-04-01-03.pdf
We weren't talking about ordinary crimes - we were talking about terrorism. So the point of bringing this up eludes me.
Doug