University of Chicago working paper, 2002. / 142

Abortion worse than slavery: See Michael S. Paulsen, "Accusing Justice: Some Variations on the Themes of Robert M. Covers Justice Accused," Jour- nal of Law and Religion 7, no. 33 (1989), pp. 33-97.

/ 142 Abortion as "the only effective crime-prevention device": See Anthony V. Bouza, The Police Mystique: An Insiders Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System (New York: Plenum, 1990). / 142 $9 million to save a spotted owl: See Gardner M. Brown and Jason F. Shogren, "Economics of the Endangered Species Act," Journal of Economic Perspectives 12, no.

3 (1998), pp. 3-20. /

142 $31 to prevent another Exxon Valdez -type spill: See Glenn W. Har- rison, "Assessing Damages for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill," University of Central Florida working paper, 2004.

/ 142-43 Body-part price list: Drawn from the state of Connecticuts Workers Compensation Informa- tion Packet, p. 27, available as of this writing at wcc.state.ct.us/download/ acrobat/info-packet.pdf.

5. WHAT MAKES A PERFECT PARENT?

147-50 The Ever Changing Wisdom of Parenting Experts: Ann Hulbert, Rais- ing America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children (New York: Knopf, 2003) is an extremely helpful compendium of parenting ad- vice. / 148 Gary Ezzos "infant-management strategy" and sleep depriva- tion warning: See Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, On Becoming Babywise (Sisters, Ore.: Multnomah, 1995), pp. 32 and 53. / 148 T. Berry Brazelton

and the "interactive" child: T. Berry Brazelton, Infants and Mothers: Differ- ence in Development, rev. ed. (New York: Delta/Seymour Lawrence, 1983), p. xxiii. / 148 L. Emmett Holts warning against "undue stimulation":

L. Emmett Holt, The Happy Baby (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1924), p. 7. / 148 Crying as "the babys exercise": L. Emmett Holt, The Care and Feed- ing of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Childrens Nurses (New York: Appleton, 1894), p. 53.

149-52 a gun or a swimming pool? See Steven Levitt, "Pools More Dangerous than Guns," Chicago Sun-Times, July 28, 2001.

150-53 peter sandman on mad-cow disease and other risks: See Amanda

Hesser, "Squeaky Clean? Not Even Close," New York Times, January 28, 2004; and "The Peter Sandman Risk Communication Web Site" at http://

www.psandman.com/index.htm.

153-56 How Much Do Parents Really Matter? See Judith Rich Harris, The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do (New York: