How Do You Think About a Drug Gang in the United States?

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A, ah, there s a large body of literature on radicalization and counter radicalization. So if we want to do counter radicaation, it seems too squishy for me to to really get my head around. I don't need to know why they're selling drugs or they're blowing up airplanes. I just need i know how i can help them to fail as a business. And it seems to me that's what i need to know if i want to put a drug dealer out of business.

Economist and author Gary Shiffman of Georgetown University talks about his book, The Economics of Violence, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Shiffman argues that we should view terrorism, insurgency, and crime as being less about ideology and more about personal expression and entrepreneurship. He argues that approaching these problems as economists gives us better tools for fighting them.