John Lott in Chicago

Mark your calendar to meet former U of C. prof John Lott:

The Heartland Institute will host a book signing for best-selling author John Lott on Thursday, July 19, at Jaks Tap in the West Loop. Mr. Lott will sign copies of his new book, Freedomnomics. Come network with free-market friends and enjoy free pizza and beer.

What:
John Lott Book Signing

Where:
Jaks Tap
901 W. Jackson
Chicago, Illinois 60607

When:
Thursday, July 19
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

The rebuttal to the liberal Freakonomics, here's part of a review in Human Events:

Of course, Freakonomics became well known because of its claim that legalized abortion reduced crime. “Legalized abortion led to less unwantedness; unwantedness leads to high crime; legalized abortion, therefore, led to less crime,” Levitt and Dubner wrote.

Lott takes that argument apart.

For one thing, he notes that “legalized abortion, by raising the rate of unprotected sex, increases the number of unplanned births, even outweighing the reduction in unplanned births due to abortion.” In fact, not only does abortion not reduce the crime rate, Lott found it increases the rate of some crimes. “Legalizing abortion raised the murder rate, on average, by about 7%,” he writes.

Mythbusting at its best.