Further to Sajid’s recent posts on terrorism, Alan Krueger of Princeton has an economist’s take on terrorists that might be worth checking out. What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism, comes out later in the month. Stanford’s David Laitlin reviews it:

These three lectures on terrorism are, despite the gruesomeness of the topic, a delight to read. Who else but Krueger could juxtapose negative binomial regressions and cuts from Comedy Central in a natural way? This book provides clear state-of-the-art answers to fundamental questions about terrorism in a manner that is broadly accessible. 

Krueger (with David Card) is of course the man behind this classic New Jersey minimum wage study.