Conference Participant
gambling and the american moral landscape
Philip J. Cook is ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Professor of Economics, Professor of Sociology, and Associate Director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice (Criminal Division) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (Enforcement Division). He has also served in a variety of capacities with the National Academy of Sciences, including membership on expert panels dealing with alcohol abuse prevention, violence, and school shootings. Cook is a member of the Division Committee for the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. His books include Gun Violence: The Real Costs (with J. Ludwig, Oxford, 2000), The Winner-Take-All Society (with R. H. Frank, Free Press, 1995), and Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America (with C. Clotfelter, Harvard, 1989).
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