An Academic Does the Right Thing
…in those places are out of whack. This is especially true now with the availability of ultrasound machines to aid in sex-selective abortion, but it was true long before that…
Data scientist Nate Silver gained attention for his election predictions. But even the best prognosticators get it wrong sometimes. He talks to Steve about making good decisions with data, why…
They — along with a great many other high-achieving women — were all once Girl Scouts. So was Sylvia Acevedo. Raised in a poor, immigrant family, she was told that…
…in those places are out of whack. This is especially true now with the availability of ultrasound machines to aid in sex-selective abortion, but it was true long before that…
…visitors later, here we are. We’ve covered a lot of ground: Billy Beane, car seats, voting, the shangri la diet, abortion, poker, realtors, dog poop, and peak oil, just to…
…it be an explanation for What’s the Matter With Kansas?, i.e. that voters may ratify a political platform that goes against their interests because of abortion legislation, etc. -frankenduf A….
…and lobbying, health care, inequality and education. For conservatives, the key issues discussed are taxation, abortion, stem cell research, family values, defense, and (to a lesser extent) government administration.” Here’s…
…as whether the legalization of abortion in the ’70s contributed to a crime drop twenty years later) must be discussed, analyzed and answered, despite their status as “hot button” issues….
We Americans may love our democracy — at least in theory — but at the moment our feelings toward the Federal government lie somewhere between disdain and hatred. Which electoral…
We’ve written a few times about what we call reverse incentives: comedian and activist Dick Gregory‘s use of the N word; Planned Parenthood turning abortion protestors into a fund-raising scheme;…
…Vegas.” He even probes the effects of Prohibition’s on abortion and the doomed Equal Rights Amendment. Okrent is the author of several earlier books, the creator of Rotisserie League Baseball,…
Also: is a little knowledge truly a dangerous thing?…
Since the publication of Freakonomics, a lot of readers have written to comment upon or ask about “the Roe Effect,” the theory put forth by James Taranto of The Wall…
…now a part of the clinic’s annual calendar. At the time, Levitt predicted that abortion clinics around the country would soon adopt the approach. It turns out, so has comedian…
Medical tests can save lives. So how do doctors decide who gets tested, and when?…
…we should feel threatened by all Christians because a handful of Christian fundamentalists bomb U.S. abortion clinics, or by all right-wingers because some extreme right-wing militia members caused the Oklahoma…
What’s the difference between schadenfreude and sadism? Can envy be put to good use? And how do you teach a kid to punch a clown?…
…to get off the computer while looking down at their own Blackberrys. (N.B.: Pop-Eleches is the same scholar whose fascinating research on abortion in Romania we wrote about in Freakonomics.)…
…Mr. Levine said. The authors found that the show “led to more searches and tweets regarding birth control and abortion, and ultimately led to a 5.7 percent reduction in teen…
…conclusions are often eye-opening (say it ain’t so, Sato!) and sometimes eye-popping (his theory that high abortion rates help reduce crime probably won’t get him invited to the White House…
…some parallels to the idea that legalized abortion in the 1970s helps explain why crime fell in the 1990s. In another paper, Acemoglu and co-authors challenge the conventional wisdom that…
…have gained the greatest traction in the popular/political discussion? — Rick Groves A. There has been a lot of talk about the relationship between legalized abortion and the crime rate….
…abortion of female fetuses in favor of sons — an illegal but widespread practice — means there are more eligible bachelors than potential brides, allowing women and their parents to…
Today, ABC News director of polling and Freakonomics.com guest blogger Gary Langer offers an interesting breakdown of recent poll numbers on a particularly timely topic: Whether a pro-abortion stance by…
…elsewhere. Maybe you want to know how Levitt first thought of the abortion/crime link, or what kind of blackjack player he is, or how he goes about selecting a bottle…
…about sumo cheating: Spurlock’s is about the black-white baby-name divide, and the black-white divide in general (that’s Roland Fryer below): Jarecki does abortion/crime. Ewing and Grady do pay-for-grades school incentives….
Also: What’s the best way to handle rejection?…
…6) Education Morals/Family values Foreign policy (TIED FOR No. 7) Environment Abortion Social Security Taxes (TIED FOR No. 8) Federal budget deficit Housing/Mortgages Global warming Iran/Situation in Iran Guns/Gun control…
…abortion or to a baby with terrible birth defects. The only silver lining on this terrible result is that the latter test had a false positive rate of 10 percent,…
Some people want the new cannabis economy to look like the craft-beer movement. Others are hoping to build the Amazon of pot. And one expert would prefer a government-run monopoly….
…of would-be allies in government, suggesting there might be advantages in pressing for new positions on climate change, abortion, or gay marriage. No savvy politician will admit to changing direction…
