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…into communities based around agriculture. And yet, the early governments that cropped up were equally as violent, if not more so. Some of the most brutal acts of history have…
…he dealt with real estate, gaming, and lodging. Now he’s the managing partner of Alson Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund with about $3 billion under management. Although Alson is…
…comments. I’m starting to think about my annual list, run by the Associated Press, of the top 10 most notable quotations of the year (I know it’s only August, but…
…us to buy as much stuff as they possibly can. In his new book Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy, marketing guru Martin…
…of Delaware. Mahajan has agreed to field questions from Freakonomics readers, so let them fly in the comments section below and, as always, we’ll post his answers in short course….
…of Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970’s. He is completing a book titled Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security Since WWII, and a history of the…
…Eric Eldred in Eldred v. Ashcroft, wherein Eldred and others challenged the constitutionality of the Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended terms of copyright protection in the United States by…
We just released our first installment of the Think Like a Freak Book Club. How does this work? You send in your questions/comments/complaints about the book and we respond in…
…The New York Times-bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came Super-Freakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and…
…questions for an FAQ (FREAK–quently Asked Questions) episode of our podcast. We’ll likely put out next FAQ in mid-April, so ask us your questions in the comments section below. Thanks….
…York Football Giants. He now writes for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, provides baseball analysis on a variety of ESPN shows, and yes, he’s got a blog. He’s also the author…
…careers, from pet shop owner to charter boat captain to wilderness survival expert. He has also created the mechanical spiders for Arachnophobia and competed in the Comedy Central series Battlebots….
…of Doing Nothing Conclusion: Of Mice and Men and the Search for the Master Switch This post is no longer accepting comments. The answers to the Q&A can be found…
…Delhi to have a complete-body medical examination at Max Healthcare for about $350. Medical tourism in action. The final event of the conclave was a raucous Q&A between former Pakistani…
The biggest problem with humanity is humans themselves. Too often, we make choices — what we eat, how we spend our money and time — that undermine our well-being. An…
…smoking, he says, has a more calming effect. “It’s a comfortable aroma. It reminds you of grandpa. People are looking for that kind of comfort.” Snuggies are one thing. Now,…
…combined it all with cutting-edge neuroscience. The result is the most complete study of the human brain and sexuality ever, which they’ve compiled into a new book called A Billion…
Anne Wojcicki Anne Wojcicki, a biotech analyst and biologist, is co-founder of the “personal genetics” company 23andMe — which, for a fee, will take a bit of your spit and…
…AND COPING DECISION ANALYSIS MEETS REALITY END OF LIFE WHEN THE PATIENT CAN’T DECIDE This post is no longer accepting comments. The answers to the Q&A can be found here….
…Bernie Madoff‘s fraud, and corruption in the tobacco industry. Brazerman and Tenbrunsel have agreed to answer your questions, so fire away in the comments section. As with all our Q&A’s,…
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Robert Reich Robert Reich, perhaps best known as labor secretary under Bill Clinton, recently announced his endorsement of Barack Obama. He explains his decision on his blog. Reich has served…
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…people like Ben Stein, Dennis Miller and Bill O’Reilly. Groseclose also concludes that media bias helps Democratic candidates by about 8 to 10 percentage points in a typical election —…
Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?
Not so long ago, G.E. was the most valuable company in the world, a conglomerate that included everything from light bulbs and jet engines to financial services and The Apprentice….
Every year, Americans short the I.R.S. nearly half a trillion dollars. Most ideas to increase compliance are more stick than carrot — scary letters, audits, and penalties. But what if…
Also: how can we stop confusing correlation with causation?
