…recent annual meetings of the American Economic Association: achievement (10) analysis (15) approach (9) asset (17) bank (12) behavior (7) business (21) capital (25) change (9) children (10) china (13) choice (12) classroom (8) climate (8) competition (11) constraints (8) consumption (7) control (7) corporate (9) costs (10) credit (27) crime (7)…
…years to understand that the drop in crime in the 1990’s was due to the outcome of Roe v. Wade! You need a similarly long perspective on this issue because…
Perhaps not where you think. A new Centers for Disease Control report is out: “Violence-Related Firearm Deaths Among Residents of Metropolitan Areas and Cities — United States, 2006-2007.” Notable patterns…
James Flynn discusses the phenomenon of IQs rising through generations. Prostitute auctions off services for Chilean charity. (Earlier) Genetics and intelligence not necessarily linked. Man attempts to open bank account…
I was recently reading a famous old economics paper called “The Fable of the Bees,” by Steven N.S. Cheung. In a footnote, Cheung writes one of the most wonderful sentences…
You wouldn’t think you could win a Nobel Prize for showing that humans tend to make irrational decisions. But that’s what Richard Thaler has done. The founder of behavioral economics…
…just emailed me. A great crime had been committed against me and Tom Anderson, my first friend on MySpace, wanted me to know about it. Somebody had disagreed with me….
(Photo: likeyourhandle) This seems like a relatively hard way for a thief to earn a living, but a 38-year-old New Yorker has been arrested for siphoning off used cooking oil…
Societies where people trust one another are healthier and wealthier. In the U.S. (and the U.K. and elsewhere), social trust has been falling for decades — in part because our…
…Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard; among his research topics are the economics of cities, housing, segregation, obesity, crime, and innovation. He writes regularly…
There’s a crime wave at London Zoo. We’ve blogged in the past about monkeys that can do amazing things: use money, be rational actors, even learn grammar. Add to that…
…doors. Why is that? Is there a particular attitude towards crime and social order that is part of the socialization of elite youth at the school? Khan: When I was…
We’ve mentioned a few times on this blog (see here and here) how often criminals seem to have the middle name “Wayne.” Turns out the shooter in the Kansas City…
…have noted, all of these measures would affect (perhaps “punish,” depending on your point of view) responsible drinkers, not just the problem cases likely to indulge in crime, domestic abuse…
…be clearer in showing that they don’t work. The only guns that get turned in are ones that people put little value on anyway. There is no impact on crime….
Let’s say you discover an old lamp and rub it, and out comes a genie offering to grant you a wish. You are greedy and devious, so you wish for…
Can a little dishonesty be a good thing? How many fibs does Angela tell every day? And why does Stephen have a forehead?…
Many of us hate to think about future crises. Game designer Jane McGonigal wants to make it fun….
…today the shears are sharpened with numbers. Retirement Heist is, as one blurb describes, a “meticulously researched and gripping as a crime thriller.” Each chapter explains, with detailed research data…
The gender-swapping trend in online gaming. New software fights fraud on gambling sites. (Earlier) Atlanta man builds robot to chase away drug dealers. (Earlier) Doctors don’t get enough sleep for…
…Roe v. Wade and crime; real estate; and campaign spending. We soon found our stride. We would talk an hour or two a day, mapping out the next section or…
…contract. (Earlier) L.A. finds that “honor system” is futile on the subway. Survey finds college admissions still a blood sport. (Earlier) Brain studies show teenagers more prone to committing crimes….
(Photo: otzberg) A friend of ours had her purse, containing her driver’s license and passport, stolen in a German train station. She reported it to the local police, who told…
…J.K. Rowling‘s crime novel hits #1 on the Amazon bestseller list, less than a week after she was revealed as the book’s author. So you want to invest in the…
Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of?
