How Split-Second Decisions Can Lead to Gun Violence — and How We Can Stop It

This is a summary of a story originally published by the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Behaviorial economist and gun violence researcher Jens Ludwig recently visited Duke University and Durham as part of Ethics of Now, an event series hosted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Ludwig, now a public policy professor at the University of Chicago, earned his doctorate in economics from Duke more than 30 years ago. At Duke, Ludwig spoke with students at the Duke Law School and the Department of Economics about his research into the causes of gun violence. He explained that most shootings in