Scorecasting: A Guest Post
…Raheem Morris, then a 32-year-old African-American who was the team’s defensive coach and had never before been a head coach on any level. While no one admitted as much, Morris…
…Raheem Morris, then a 32-year-old African-American who was the team’s defensive coach and had never before been a head coach on any level. While no one admitted as much, Morris…
He turned a small Hollywood talent agency into a massive sports-and-entertainment empire. In a freewheeling conversation, he explains how he did it and why it nearly killed him….
…blog post by regular contributor Eric Morris and you’ll get to hear a good bit from Morris himself in the podcast. He does a great job explaining the nuts and…
…drive your car into. 7. Eric Schwartz No one should ever drink and drive. This maxim is rarely disputed. However, after becoming too familiar with the cluster “truck” that is…
…Jordan C 878 0.167 3.1 Eric Bledsoe PG 646 0.201 2.7 Jamal Crawford SG 961 0.078 1.6 Lamar Odom PF 643 0.111 1.5 Ronny Turiaf C 418 0.101 0.9 Willie…
Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, EatWith, and other companies in the “sharing economy” are practically daring government regulators to shut them down. The regulators are happy to comply.
Why are these sudsy roadside stops one of the fastest growing industries in America? Zachary Crockett takes a look under the hood….
In a special episode of No Stupid Questions, Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth discuss classroom design, open offices, and cognitive drift….
How much control do you really have over your body? Could understanding genetics help combat fat-shaming? And why is Mike’s life coach so happy all the time?…
Academic studies are nice, and so are Nobel Prizes. But to truly prove the value of a new idea, you have to unleash it to the masses. That’s what a…
…himself to special interests. An insightful new contribution to the emerging “forensic economics” literature by my frequent co-author Eric Zitzewitz makes the case that Spitzer is extraordinary because of the…
Five things you don’t know about the N.F.L. labor standoff….
…we got recently from a blog reader named Eric Green: I thought your readers might be interested in some of the work I’m doing as part of my M.D./Ph.D studies…
…cigarettes sold worldwide by various manufacturers. Here are the numbers of cigarettes sold (in billions) in 2006 by Philip Morris: U.S./Canada: 184 Asia Pacific: 197 Eastern Europe: 229 Western Europe:…
Eric Morris has been busting L.A. transportation myths lately with his Fact and Fiction posts. For yet another unusual view of Los Angeles, check out this beautiful set of photos…
As you may have read, the Obama administration is moving toward giving California approval to cut greenhouse gas emissions by mandating better fuel economy. The California regulations should mean 40…
(iStockphoto) Last month, Eric Morris wrote a post on red light cameras at traffic intersections in L.A. that sparked a robust debate in the comments section, something we always like….
In my last post, I blogged about my (mostly) favorable reaction to California’s program to increase fuel economy. But for the record, I should mention a few petty details —…
Eric Morris has been busting Los Angeles transportation myths with his L.A.: Fact or Fiction posts lately, which may have changed the way you view the City of Angels. Photographer…
Photo: respres We at U.C.L.A. hear from reporters a lot, and they are often looking for a few quotes to help write a familiar script. In it, Los Angeles is…
…Eric Morris argues, is a bad idea, since it shifts the burden to non-drivers. A more promising idea, under exploration in many areas, is to switch to a tax based…
Aging carries a risk of losing our memory, focus, and ability to take care of ourselves and others. Does leaving the workforce worsen that risk? We investigate the research. And…Bapu…
…from 41 percent to 13 percent. In his recent article pointing this out, Freakonomics contributor Eric Morris ended on an inquisitive note: “So the next question is, what factors cause…
Here’s a website worth checking out if you own a good pair of shoes and don’t mind using them once in a while. It’s called Walk Score and it gauges…
…Another student explained the effects of loss aversion on the housing market. Classic topics like externalities, free-riding, expressed vs. revealed preferences, and regression analysis (look for Eric Morris and Emily…
She might not be a household name, but Suzanne Gluck is one of the most powerful people in the book industry. Her slush pile is a key entry point to…
Do you think the trials of your evening commute deserve national recognition? To check whether you deserve some sort of medal for your daily automotive heroism, see Forbes.com‘s interesting recent…
…think there’s an attractive version of the carbon tax if somebody thought about its design,” says one decision scientist. Good news for Steve Levitt, Eric Morris, and Greg Mankiw. [%comments]…
Last post, I let you know about Walk Score, the website that tallies a district’s commercial, recreational, and cultural opportunities, then assigns it a numerical score based on its pedestrian-friendliness….
