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Posted by blindness on May 05, 2025 at 13:04:07

In Reply to: Reopening Alcatraz posted by BluBlood on May 04, 2025 at 17:31:04

Let's talk Alcatraz economics.

It's not just a potential prison, it's also a tourist trap generating $60m per year. It has an "opportunity cost" other sites don't have.

👉 Housing 300 prisoners there comes with an additional opportunity cost of $200k per person per year

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— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) May 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM


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