We’re Number One! We’re Number One! Why, God, Why Are We Number One?!

You don’t get any votes for talking about over-incarceration, but we should. In these faltering economic times, can we afford to lock up millions of potential solutions and job creators?

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Baratunde Thurston

May 29, 2012

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