…“Substitution and Stigma: Evidence on Religious Competition from the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal,” by Notre Dame economist Daniel Hungerman, looks at whether other religious faiths gained from the Catholic Church sex…
…think: Out of the three basic dyadic sexual/romantic relationships — male-female, male-male, and female-female — which one has the lowest incidence of domestic violence? Male-male. Lesbian relationships experience domestic violence…
After every mass shooting or terrorist attack, victims and survivors receive a huge outpouring of support — including a massive pool of compensation money. How should that money be allocated?…
…unabashedly of kinky sex and spreading their gene pool. In addition to the cost angle, some women like the option of having their children know their fathers, which many sperm…
…to afford fine clothing; and two claimed they were ruined by drink. The Commission called oral sex “pervert methods,” and reported that it was on the increase in the higher-priced…
…sex trade in old- time Chicago . . . A survey like no other . . . The erosion of prostitute pay . . . Why did oral sex get…
…about smoking, sex, and career ambitions, among others — to a few current New York students. Here are their answers: Leah, 22, Senior, Anthropology, Brooklyn College Who’s paying for your…
…she sent me; in order to protect the potentially innocent, I will obscure their last names: Eric Wayne XXXXXX — sex charges Nathan Wayne XXXXXX — kidnapping and beating, homicide…
…of quirky exhibits” “Attitudes to (sic) adultery vary in many countries of the world” “Condoleeza Rice’s sexual worries in the White House” “Future technologies may destroy sex” “Celebrities who started…
…hope. Alcohol “impairs” sex, homework and conversation, putting “social costs” on the rest of us. Do Mad Mothers [i.e. MADD] want to prohibit drinking before sex, drinking while doing homework,…
Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And what are we missing out on?
…to choose your child’s sex? The Wall Street Journal reports on a Los Angeles clinic that will soon let parents choose the sex of their unborn children. Their designer options…
…in demand. Her price hikes revealed another surprise: the more she charged, the less actual sex she was having. At $300 an hour, she had a string of one-hour appointments…
Stephen Dubner’s conversation with David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, one of the most storied private-equity firms in history. We spoke with Rubenstein for the Freakonomics Radio series “The…
In this episode, we speculate what would happen if economists got to run the world. Hear from a high-end call girl; an Estonian who ran his country according to the…
…not know who they were playing with. They were observed by either someone of the same sex or opposite sex — two physically attractive volunteers, one man and one woman….
How have Angie’s views on sleep changed since she wrote her Harvard application essay? Would starting high school later in the day be worth $8.6 billion? And what should you…
With the Democrats in control of Congress, and with the prediction markets suggesting a Democratic presidential victory, there has been a lot of talk about ending sexual orientation discrimination in…
…how it is going to work for same-sex married couples in community property states like California? My accountant still has no clue… – Paul A. Regarding tax issues faced by…
Chicago has given the world more than sausage, crooked politics and Da Bears.
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz combs through mountains of information to find advice for everyday life….
The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failures catalogs the fiscal, sexual, and mental lapses of federal workers — all with an eye toward preventing the next big mistake….
…came to be associated with pornography. NC-17 simply means the film is intended for adults only — whether for its depictions of sex, violence, drug use, or other intense situations….
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?
What’s the difference between being introverted and being shy? What are extroverts so cheerful about? And does Angela’s social battery ever run out? Take the Big Five inventory: freakonomics.com/bigfive…
…and gives them access to technologies such as ultrasound, parents are making sure that at least one of their children is a boy. As a result, sex-selective abortion has left…
People who sleep better earn more money. Now all we have to do is teach everyone to sleep better.
In addition to publishing best-selling books about pregnancy and child-rearing, Emily Oster is a respected economist at Brown University. Over the course of the pandemic, she’s become the primary collector…
Educators and economists tell us all the reasons college enrollment has been dropping, especially for men, and how to stop the bleeding. (Part 4 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to…
John Mayer has recently been criticized for?crude remarks he made in an interview, suggesting that he was not sexually attracted to African-American women.? Tiger Woods‘s alleged actions suggest a similar…
