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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of Superfreakonomics, cast themselves as iconoclastic contrarians. But in many ways, their book is actually pretty conventional. Full Article at Jezebel
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In SuperFreakonomics, the follow-up to their four-million-selling Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have fired yet another provocative salvo at conventional wisdom. Full Article at NPR
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Bret Stephens in today's WSJ discusses the hubbub over the new book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, SuperFreakanomics:. . . Full Article at National Review Online
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What’s the difference between a pimp and an estate agent? Apart from little matters such as dress sense and legality of occupation, the answer is simple: one provides a valuable service, the other sells houses. Full Article at The Telegraph
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I want to read the Superfreakonomics chapter on climate change this morning. Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner's publisher is now keeping me from doing so. Full Article at Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal
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The best study that I've ever seen about men and women and their earnings is done by a collection of Harvard and Chicago economist ... And in the end they concluded it doesn't seem to be discrimination really at all. The problem is that women just like babies. One of, again, the unintended consequences ...
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We live in a world of trade-offs, so if a woman decides not to have a family, children - no doubt she can make it further in her career
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Before the pill, women were not able to make the investments to be doctors and lawyers ... Instead they would find career tracks that would allow them to get in and out of the labor force.
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Now if Alley [high-end prostitute featured in the segment] does ever have a daughter, chances are a private education will provide her best hope for a good life ... Because, much like prostitution, America's education system has been split into two markets - the haves and the have-nots. At the bottom ar...
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