Authors in Trouble
…with factual errors, copied materials not cited, superficialities, glaring omissions and simply invented segments.” Ouch. I haven’t read Carter’s book, and probably won’t get around to it. But I must…
…with factual errors, copied materials not cited, superficialities, glaring omissions and simply invented segments.” Ouch. I haven’t read Carter’s book, and probably won’t get around to it. But I must…
…only six years later, the miracle innovation is arriving. It is not only feasible with today’s technology but is already being introduced commercially, right under our noses. There is little…
Last week, we solicited your questions for Martin Lindstrom, a marketing consultant and author of the new book Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to…
Nobel laureate, bestselling author, and groundbreaking psychologist Daniel Kahneman is also a friend and former business partner of Steve’s. In discussing Danny’s new book Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment,…
…a disgusting pet fat glob looks like, click here. Fake fat usually comes by the pound, but, for the calorie-conscious executive, MyPetFat.com sells an office-ready 1-ounce version. Annual gym memberships…
…signals — the traffic circles, roulette wheels for adventurous visitors as round and round you go and where you come out only the Lord knows. It’s better than any Six-Flags…
Educational messaging looks good on paper but kids don’t respond to it — and adults aren’t much better.
…young, come from impoverished countries and face reported threats of exploitation. Does your agency employ the practice of importing such models? If so, what safeguards do you have in place…
…manufacturing, packaging and transportation, product use, and end of life. Electric tea kettles, for example, are an unlikely drain on the environment: In the UK, 97 percent of households have…
…in the Levitt/Syverson real-estate paper and the Duggan/Levitt sumo paper — is really impressive. As always with our N.Y. Times columns, we’ve posted some complementary research materials on the subject….
…going to the library. The Boston Globe reports that public libraries around the country are posting double-digit percentage increases in circulation and new library-card applications: Checkouts of books, CD’s, and…
…In fact, I make neither one of those claims in the book. Rather, my basic points are these: Evidence has shown that most everyday wine drinkers (not wine professionals) don’t…
…standard among environmentalists, many of whom have undertaken impassioned campaigns to shroud consumer goods-including food-in less and less plastic, cardboard, and aluminum. But the matter is a bit more complex…
…come up with a stunning, all-electric sports car that is faster than a Ferrari and greener than a Prius. And the true disruptions will come from the software houses and…
Recorded live in San Francisco. Guests include the keeper of a 10,000-year clock, the co-founder of Lyft, a pioneer in male birth control, a specialist in water security, and a…
…plight of the modern-day real-estate agent. You might be surprised by what they have to say. (As always, there will be a page posted on this site with bonus materials.)…
…lending bank never finds out about. Click here to read the column and here to comment. This blog post supplies additional research materials. Itzhak Ben-David, a Ph.D. candidate in finance…
There ain’t no such thing as a free parking spot. Somebody has to pay for it — and that somebody is everybody.
…a toaster doesn’t mean we’re helpless at all, but rather that we’ve been liberated by free markets. (This is hardly a new argument; consider the pencil, and similar tales.) [%comments]…
…sign. “Aha,” I said, “here is a clear-cut case of a technological change that should reduce long-run average cost (by saving on materials).” And despite the last sentence of the…
Every year, there are more than a million collisions in the U.S. between drivers and deer. The result: hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, and billions in damages. Enter the…
…acid found in abundance in olive oil and other “healthy” unsaturated fats has yet another benefit: it helps keep the body satisfied to prolong the time between meals. A new…
…compounds (EDCs) and their association with diseases of increasing incidence such as breast cancer (men and women), early onset puberty and testicular cancer. EDCs include a variety of compounds used…
Also: Do you spend more time thinking about the past, the present, or the future?
…ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES…
…supply of Linden dollars? [Some virtual worlds do.] Are they Keynesians? Monetarists? Does the economy experience inflation? A: We don’t have an economist on staff yet, but we’d love to…
More than 1 million people die worldwide each year from traffic accidents, but there’s never been a safer time to drive.
…happy. I have no idea if they’ve come up with the right answers, but they’ve put together a wealth of interesting materials for parents at the Greater Good Science Center….
Nobel laureate, bestselling author, and groundbreaking psychologist Daniel Kahneman died in March. In 2021 he talked with Steve Levitt — his friend and former business partner — about his book…
…(without having ever studied computer science) and then started a company focused on big questions — like how to provide the world with clean energy and how to optimize pizza-baking….
