Levitt on car seats vs. seat belts

Levitt recently published an article in the NY Times Magazine re: seat-belts vs. car seats. His conclusion: based on preliminary research, car seats and booster seats are a waste of money.

Letters criticizing the article were published in yesterday's NY Times magazine. One critical letter concluded: "We hope that this misleading article does not cost a child his life."

Already, Levitt has posted a response to this criticism on his blog. Its an interesting, and compelling rebuttal.