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What's That Database Worth?

…say by how much. The campaign also has lists of volunteers, including the names of neighborhood team leaders who were the most active supporters. A donor database has names of…




F. Scott Fitzgerald Plays the Name Game

…it’s true that most popular names start out among the middle and upper classes and then travel downward, it’s also true that some old-fashioned names (we cite Max and Sophie…




You May Now Call Your Computer A…

…Still, let’s keep playing along. Besides the names listed above, here are some of the other suggestions I liked: Producer, Miracle Box, Exo-Brain, E-Brain, Byte Box, Tether. I also like…




More Amazon Shenanigans?

…really interesting: I once did an experiment on Amazon by registering a dozen different accounts under different names and email addresses. Then I used each name to click on those…



All Aboard the Gordon Bethune

…other named plane in circulation, the Robert F. Six, which honors the company’s founder. (For those of you who care about first names: according to the Baby Name Wizard, the…



A Freakonomics Roundtable

…really true that names matter for getting a resume callback, but don’t matter for long-term life outcomes. Then this probably implies that names matter a little for first impressions, but…




The FREAKest Links: Little Shop of Kidneys Edition

…the “fame-seeking daughter of Geneco’s owner,” played by Paul Sorvino. We’ve devoted plenty of time to discussing the effects of individual’s names, but what about the names of companies? De…



Here's the Steelers-Packers Contest Answer

…my thought. – Josh Yes, the Steelers and Packers are the only two NFL teams that derive their names from the historical working culture of their towns. In a league…





Episode 121

The Tax Man Nudgeth

Real tax reform may or may not ever happen. In the meantime, how about making the current system work a bit better?

Episode 107

Bringing Data to Life

Talithia Williams thinks you should rigorously track your body’s data. She and Steve Levitt trade birth stories and bemoan the state of STEM education….

Episode 522

Is Google Getting Worse?

It used to feel like magic. Now it can feel like a set of cheap tricks. Is the problem with Google — or with us?…

Episode 522

Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)

It used to feel like magic. Now it can feel like a set of cheap tricks. Is the problem with Google — or with us? And is Google Search finally…

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What Is the Optimal Way to Be Angry?

Also: why do we treat pets better than people?

Episode 137

Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?

It’s impossible to say for sure, but the Lebanese do remarkably well. Why?

Choosing the Name of the Year

…Spaceman Africa.” But these are hopeful times. They’ve collected and verified 64 of the weirdest names they could find. They’re now taking your votes for a winner. (HT: MJS) [%comments]…



The FREAK-est Links

Professor invents book-writing machine. Are toddlers masters of data-mining? (Earlier) Study finds teenage fathers at greater risk of producing unhealthy babies. “Britney” plummets from list of most popular baby names….



The World Wide Web Keeps it Local

…Levy. They used a common Freakonomics topic — baby names — to study how far ideas have spread since the advent of the Internet. They found that from the 1970’s…



Should No-Shows Be Shamed on Twitter?

…on no-shows? Philly.com reports on one restaurant owner’s tactic and its drawbacks: The owner of L.A. restaurant Red Medicine went to social media to Tweet the full names of no-shows…




You will not find any LemonJellos in Malaysia

As reported by the BBC, Malaysia has banned “unsuitable” first names. An excerpt from the article: Parents will not be able to call their babies after animals, insects, fruit, vegetables…




The FREAK-est Links

Send in your nominees for the Blogging Scholarship Award. Venezuelan government considers regulating baby names. Sure, Michigan lost, but in revenue terms, they still won. (Earlier) Do teacher credentials affect…



Meet Bill Gates

Dubner recently posted about criminal names in England. The American parallel to that list is one maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Texas list has information about…