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Sudhir Venkatesh‘s book “Gang Leader for a Day,” originally published last January, is now out in paperback. You can read reviews of it here, here, and here; and The Economist…
As beloved and familiar as they are, we rarely stop to consider life from the dog’s point of view. That stops now. In this latest installment of the Freakonomics Radio…
Sudhir Venkatesh‘s book “Gang Leader for a Day,” originally published last January, is now out in paperback. You can read reviews of it here, here, and here; and The Economist…
…come to N.Y.C. Don’t worry, I’ll pick up the tab for coffee and lunch. Sudhir titled this photo “Philanthropy.” I also shared with them the suggestions of “The Thugz,” the…
Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia sociologist and author of “Gang Leader for a Day,” is back with another report after watching “The Wire” with a group of gangland acquaintances. Past posts can…
…asked a few people to respond by e-mail : Rafe Furst, our poker-playing friend, truth-seeker, and all-around smart guy; Sudhir Venkatesh, our sociologist friend who isn’t a big gambler (as…
Last week, the board upheld the ban of former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts. Sudhir talks to Noah Feldman, the constitutional law scholar who helped design this “supreme court”…
Tom Dart is transforming Cook County’s jail, reforming evictions, and, with Steve Levitt, trying a new approach to electronic monitoring….
…to gather data on street prostitution in Chicago (see page 59). To diagram how easy it was to turn a bunch of altruists into a gang of thieves (page 125)….
…Shootings need to be reduced now. I had a number of ideas, but after spending some time talking with a group of Black Soul gang members with the help of…
Cat Bohannon’s new book puts female anatomy at the center of human evolution. She tells Steve why it takes us so long to give birth, what breast milk is really…
In a special episode of People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt talks to Cat Bohannon about her new book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human…
…candidacy that keeps gaining momentum. This episode includes our Jan. 2019 conversation with the leader of the Yang Gang and a fresh interview recorded from the campaign trail in Iowa….
Is graffiti public art, or public nuisance? It depends who you ask. Zachary Crockett tags in where it all started….
A group of civic activists in Los Angeles plans to start giving “Gang Tours” — taking busloads of tourists through some of the most dangerous parts of the city —…
…harm to passers-by, limiting gang expansion and recruitment, use of criminals as confidential informants, etc. Once again, I turn to Freakonomics readers to provide me with questions, suggestions, or examples…
Last week, Freakonomics guest blogger Sudhir Venkatesh sat down with a group of current and former gang members to watch “The Wire.” This week, he took time out from touring…
…You may recall that I watched season 5 of The Wire with the Thugz a few months ago. Michael enjoyed my discussion with the ex gang members and he wondered…
…The characters we’ve written about — the sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, the economist John List, the U.K. fraud officer Ian Horsley, etc. – are often co-authors with Levitt on academic papers….
Here is a nice profile of Sudhir Venkatesh, who is a co-author, friend, and Freakonomics blogger….
…my last hands to the guy I own a piece of. Or maybe he and I can gang up on another player at the table or collude in other ways….
A study in criminal signaling: an economic analysis of gang colors. Chicken count: at almost 19 billion worldwide, 3 times more chickens than humans. A chopstick shortage in China has…
…find the whole gang still there: Carmella, Angela, and Peter, the owner. It had been three months since my last haircut. Carmella did the honors. This time, I paid full…
No, it’s not your fault the economy crashed. Or that consumer preferences changed. Or that new technologies have blown apart your business model. But if you’re the C.E.O., it is…
…One problem: apparently no one thought through what would happen if the live Twitter feed happened to read, as it recently did, “3 Accused of Gang Rape in Monroeville.” [%comments]…
Also: How can you become a more curious person?…
…this time, disproportionately affecting minorities, and the violence was heavily concentrated among young Black males such as the gang members we write about in Freakonomics. So to figure out whether…
Do you really deserve the credit for your accomplishments? Should college admissions be determined by lottery? And how did Mike’s contribution to a charity auction change his life?…
Mark Zuckerberg’s dentist dad was an early adopter of digital x-rays. Jack Welch blew the roof off a factory. Carol Bartz was a Wisconsin farm girl who got into computers….
They’re paid a fortune — but for what, exactly? What makes a good C.E.O. — and how can you even tell? Is “leadership science” a real thing — or just…
…Diego Tribune article (sent to us by one James Werner of Charlottesville, Va.) about a gang murder. The victim’s name was Dom Perignon Champagne; his mother’s name is Perfect Engelberger….
