Air Force General Gone Wild
…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.”…
…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.”…
…very good at correcting that asymmetry. Among the examples we used were the cost of term-life insurance, the price of coffins, and real-estate listings. The Wall Street Journal recently published…
…a lot of time thinking about the subject: What is the right way to think about the American obesity “epidemic”? This round of questioning has come to be known as…
…the subject, it was something else in Cohen’s article that caught my eye: Economists are asking the wrong question, [Paul] Bloom, [a professor of psychology at Yale] said at the…
…the inequity of different fields in terms of income potential. A highly successful grade-school teacher (measured by students who become motivated [by that teacher], and [were] thus successful) will always…
…paid. Those taxes should be refunded. The inter-relationship of carrying back theft losses and amending those years during which income was overstated is extremely complex and requires professional advice from…
…online course: “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior.” Sign up here. Dan Pallotta argues that non-profits should be run like real companies. A new study of English literature finds that…
…an all-around adventurer. Kjartan wasn’t a birder so much as he was a hunter. When we would see a particularly dense bird colony he would mutter, “where is my gun?”…
Games are as old as civilization itself, and some people think they have huge social value regardless of whether you win or lose. Tom Whipple is not one of those…
…limit statute itself, but the entire statutory fiscal scheme. As I understand it, Medicare alone, if untouched, would eventually become such a burden that a default would follow. Of course,…
…better by our charismatic tour guide, National Park Service Superintendent Gerard Baker (Yellow Wolf), the very tall gentleman between us here: We also had occasion to meet a phalanx of…
How did mobile kitchens become popular with hipster gourmands? And just how much money can a popular truck make from a lunch shift? Zachary Crocket drops some napkins.
…for understanding our current predicament? And why haven’t we developed better answers? Unfortunately, fiscal policy has largely disappeared from the research program of modern macro. Here are some facts, courtesy…
…horizon appears to be composting. Just as plant matter can be aerobically baked into a valuable soil supplement, so can animal matter. It’s not rocket science, either. “Mortality composting” requires…
How do so many ineffective and even dangerous drugs make it to market? One reason is that clinical trials are often run on “dream patients” who aren’t representative of a…
Photos.com My younger son’s family visited the nearby Amish country and did a tour of several farms. The guide mentioned that the youngest son usually takes over the farm from…
…the comestible so as to guide them to the good places. Now imagine that you’re not actually very worried about or interested in chimichangas. Or even, as with myself, not…
…comments, well, I think she’s perpetuating some stereotypes about [Hugh] Hefner, the feel of the magazine, its readership and our working methods that just don’t have a basis in fact…
We’re working on a new Freakonomics Radio piece about what might best be called “retail etiquette.” It was inspired in part by this blog post, about how the quantity and…
…the post was published, it received 32 reader comments, which is pretty typical. Then the comments ceased. This, too, is typical: people generally no longer comment on a post that’s…
…in an effort to create “the world’s best economics department.” The WSJ reports: “We’re doing this because we think economists have a distorted role in policy debates,” said Brian Barry,…
…all in the title. (Thanks again, Linda Jines.) Check out Lulu Titlescorer, a fairly addictive little website that attempts to calculate whether a book’s title will make it a best-seller….
…what the government should do about it. They, like virtually all economists, think the auto industry bailout under consideration is not the right solution. They believe the best option is…
…even pleasurable manner.”?Tom thinks Freakonomics readers in particular might have some good ideas — you’ve been well-trained, after all — so head on over to Slate and make us proud.[%comments]…
Why do so many promising solutions — in education, medicine, criminal justice, etc. — fail to scale up into great policy? And can a new breed of “implementation scientists” crack…
The last two years I’ve run an “externality” contest in my giant intro class, offering $5 to the student who comes up with the best example. Both positive and negative…
This guy is offering to be your best friend, for a price, via eBay. He lives in New York City and calls himself Rent-a-Pal: “The lucky Winning Bidder and RENTAPAL…
John Mackey, the C.E.O. of Whole Foods, has learned the perils of speaking his mind. But he still says what he thinks about everything from “conscious leadership” to the behavioral…
It’s fun to obsess over pop stars and racecar drivers — but is fandom making our politics even more toxic?…
