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June 25 is LEON Day, explained as follows by ButlerWebs’ Holiday Guide: “LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It is now six months until Christmas.” Also known as 1/2Xmas….
June 25 is LEON Day, explained as follows by ButlerWebs’ Holiday Guide: “LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It is now six months until Christmas.” Also known as 1/2Xmas….
…about economics itself: “It’s not a profession that rewards modesty in any way.” One might consider this a print version of the Stevenson-Wolfers story we told in our “Economist’s Guide…
…if he would like to do some guest-blogging and he has accepted. Below are his first postings. Please welcome him and feel free to send comments and questions. GUEST BLOGGER:…
…evil crime — dressed up in Brooks Brothers suits.” Compared to this guy, we sound like N.A.R. boosters. (Hat tip: Reuben Moore.) Rock Paper Scissors, one of our very favorite…
…Gary’s note may also be referring to a brief passage in Think about the parents of schoolkids: [M]aybe, when we talk about why American kids aren’t doing so well, we…
In this special episode of Freakonomics, M.D., host Bapu Jena looks at a clever new study that could help answer one of parenting’s most contentious questions….
(Photo: David Cohen) I have a friend named Barry Singer , an author who also runs a bookshop that specializes in Churchillania. He has now combined all these passions to…
How do they emerge from the Upper Cretaceous period to end up in natural-history museums and private collections? Zachary Crockett digs for answers.
BusinessWeek recently reported on the creative product-placement deals that daytime TV shows employ. The highlight of the article is Martha Stewart — the self-described “most trusted guide to stylish living”…
…nostalgia can visit the Most Expensive Journal, your guide to the priciest items available. A $50,000 Go-Kart? Sure. A jewel-encrusted, $2.4 million iPhone? Why not? It’s SkyMall for plutocrats. [%comments]…
…Freakonomics Radio show tentatively titled “An Economist’s Guide to Parenting.” Economics, Genetics and Hippies By Bryan Caplan Non-economists often take offense if you tell them, “You’re wasting your time.” But…
…Steve Levitt and Emily Oster about how they come up with ideas for studies, why most never make it off the ground, and what should be done with scrapped projects….
…the minimum payment can be a helpful tool for card holders. It gives them a guide on how much money to pay to keep their debt from exploding under compound…
…book on that day. My guide mentioned that the books are always sold to the (female) buyer at a 10 percent discount below the regular price; when asked whether the…
…Potentially, because when a fugitive fails to appear, the court gives the bondsman a notice that essentially says, ‘Bring your charge to justice soon or your money is mine.’” [%comments]…
…you couldn’t ask for a better guide than Harford. My little quote has some very good company on the back of Tim’s book. The other blurbers are Gary Becker (Nobel…
…be directed at creating jobs. Oh, and there’s more on economic imperialism, the political economy of macroeconomic policy at the zero lower bound, medians versus averages, and even why people…
We often look to other countries for smart policies on education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. But can a smart policy be simply transplanted into a country as culturally unusual (and as…
(Photo: al fernandez) The BPS Research Digest offers a quick guide to the psychology and science of human attraction. Their dating suggestions — based on real studies — are: Dress…
Is graffiti public art, or public nuisance? It depends who you ask. Zachary Crockett tags in where it all started….
Is the “Google generation” really so Internet savvy? 2007 tied for Earth’s second-warmest year. (Earlier) See it to believe it: the eco-friendly Hummer. (Earlier) A complete guide to Marginal Revolution’s…
…90%). The winner is Will H, who guessed -1.0 percentage points, and with a reason that I think is dead-on too. Large prior donors increase giving when presented with scientific…
What’s it like to wake up one day and realize Dad is a multi-billionaire? That’s what happened to Warren Buffett’s son, Peter — who then started to think about whether…
A psychology professor argues that the brain’s greatest attribute is knowing what other people are thinking. And that a Queen song, played backwards, can improve your mind-reading skills.
…the nation’s infrastructure — bringing electricity, for instance, to parts of the country that were severely underdeveloped — so that those communities could be a full part of the economic…
The price offered to coffee growers who turn in their “cherries” — ripe coffee beans — at Greenwell Farms in Kona, Hawaii, is $.90 per pound if they are paid…
As Kevin Kelly tells it, the hippie revolution and the computer revolution are nearly one and the same.
Duncan Foley, a professor of economics at the New School for Social Research, has written an interesting-sounding book: Adam’s Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology. The Adam of the title…
…so bad that, according to the report, “one witness was concerned that Maj. Gen Carey needed assistance standing.” As a bonus, the report mentions Carey’s impolitic comments about “Eric Snowden.”…
