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Events • June 3, 2011 

# Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals 

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##### Juan Dubra 

##### Glenn Loury 

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##### [Jeffrey Miron](/people/jeffrey-miron)

Director, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics at Harvard University

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