But let the debate begin so that something can be done to expand programs like FPI by making those in prison help themselves and our society.

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"In answer to the call 'Something must be done, ' people on the right and libertarians say, 'Let the Fed do the job, '" says Alexander Tabarrok, a political economist at George Mason University and coauthor of the popular Marginal Revolution blog.

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