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Dog DNA Put to Good Use Once Again

A Baltimore condominium considers a sampling program.

5/21/10

Another Spa Pricing Mystery

Should spas charge by the day or the hour?

5/20/10

Pay What You Want at Panera

Panera tries a new nonprofit model.

5/20/10

Rough Name, Rough Start?

A criminal’s name.

5/19/10

FREAK Shots: The Oil Sands

Photographs of Canada’s oil sands.

5/19/10

Cheating Teachers Are a Global Problem

Australian teachers cheat too.

5/19/10

Was Heathrow Wise to Kill a Runway?

Is an extra runway good or bad for the environment?

5/17/10

All Hail Numeracy

The strengths and limitations of data.

5/17/10

A Simple Solution to Oil Spills?

Hay and the cleanup effort.

5/17/10
5/14/10

Pay-as-You-Wish Gaming

Buyers can also direct some or all of their payment to charity.

5/13/10

Reading Habits of the "Fabulous Fab"

Fabrice Tourre read Freakonomics.

5/13/10

Fighting Underground Coal Fires

A promising method emerges.

5/11/10

Why Are Cancer Costs Rising?

People are living longer, but getting cancer.

5/11/10

Breathalyzer Tests for Pedestrians?

Drunk walkers are a big problem in Australia.

5/10/10

More on the College Puzzle

Students today spend less time studying.

5/10/10

Who's the Funniest Fed Governor?

The Fed releases its 2004 transcripts.

5/7/10

Can Computers Replace Journalists?

A new software generates news stories from data.

5/7/10

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of GMOs

Roundup-resistant weeds and drought-resistant seeds.

5/6/10

More Bad News for the Height-Challenged

The link between height and crime in early America.

5/6/10

The Latest in Freakonomics Schwag

We’ve got new schwag.

5/5/10

Copyrighting Porn: A Guest Post

Illegal downloading doesn’t just hurt the music industry.

5/5/10

We Need More Holidays

Now taking suggestions for new holidays.

5/5/10

What's a Saturday Night Reservation Worth?

A restaurant explores a new pricing model.

5/5/10

Why Do We Love the Underdog?

Is it a cost-benefit decision? Or a simple fairness preference?

5/4/10

Happy in Jersey

Asian-Americans in New Jersey are America’s happiest people.

5/4/10

South Africa Forecast: Not So Rich, but Happier?

Hosting sporting events improves national wellbeing.

5/3/10

Freakonomics Premiere Roundup

The documentary based on Freakonomics is in theaters this fall. Variety calls it “a revelatory trip.”

5/3/10

"Too Big to Fail" Wasn't the Problem?

Russ Roberts tells a different story.

4/30/10

Freakonomics: The Movie Premieres Today

The Freakonomics documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.

4/30/10

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