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There’s a lively debate in the blogosphere, and particularly the bloggers circle, following Chris Grayling’s observations about similarities between inner cities in Britain and the Baltimore depicted in The Wire. Matthew Taylor questions what the Tories make of the corruption in local government given that in the UK, they run most town halls (though not [...]

Gang Leader for a Day: a rogue sociologist crosses the line by Sudhir Venkatesh recommended itself to me becuase Mr Venkatesh is the man behind the “why do drug dealers live with their Moms?” of Freakonomics fame. To cut a long story short, Venkatesh was studying at university in Chicago and wandered into one of [...]