Jury Poker: In Criminal Trials, the Odds Aren’t Good
…Not to mention provide a reason to look again toward Steve Landsburg‘s theory that juries should be paid for their time and penalized for incorrect verdicts. (Hat tip: Jian Li.)…
…Not to mention provide a reason to look again toward Steve Landsburg‘s theory that juries should be paid for their time and penalized for incorrect verdicts. (Hat tip: Jian Li.)…
Does anyone ever win the giant teddy bear? Zachary Crockett steps right up….
Every year, Edge.org asks its salon of big thinkers to answer one big question. This year’s question borders on heresy: what scientific idea is ready for retirement?
Their trade organization just lost a huge lawsuit. Their infamous commission model is under attack. And there are way too many of them. If they go the way of travel…
Also: how can we stop confusing correlation with causation?
…couple eating breakfast on their stoop. The woman called out, “Aren’t you Steve Levitt?” So I stopped to talk to them. I asked her how she knew who I was,…
…lists Steve Jobs and Apple design guru Jonathan Ive, among others, as the “inventors” — is a claim for a rectangular electronic device with rounded corners. That’s right, Apple is…
As Kevin Kelly tells it, the hippie revolution and the computer revolution are nearly one and the same.
Photo: Adam Pieniazek We’ve written a lot about University of Chicago economist Kevin Murphy. He teaches at the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory, where Steve Levitt is the director….
You know the saying: a winner never quits and a quitter never wins. To which Freakonomics Radio says … Are you sure?…
…linguist has become a very public intellectual. But the self-declared “polite Canadian” has managed to enrage people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Steve Levitt tries to understand why….
For years, economists promised that global free trade would be mostly win-win. Now they admit the pace of change has been “traumatic.” This has already led to a political insurrection…
What do NASCAR drivers, Glenn Beck, and the hit men of the N.F.L. have in common?
…suicides. So what’s the net effect of social networking? We gathered a group of wise people who spend their days thinking about this issue — Martin Baily, Danah Boyd, Steve…
…treating leprosy and other ailments. How about Bobby Valentine‘s managerial services? Or Newt Gingrich‘s governing services? Or Steve Jobs‘s CEO services at Apple? I haven’t done very well answering Gavin’s…
In this busy time of year, we could all use some tips on how to get more done in less time. First, however, a warning: there’s a big difference between…
A fun game to watch yesterday, with the Giants winning 17-14 over the Pats. More to the point, a clear victory for Steve Levitt, whose advice to punters was to…
…Cowher yelling over the years, game analysis, etc. And then, right after the National Anthem, Steve Sabol of NFL Films came on to introduce a 30-year-old documentary film his company…
…a Harvard Law School blog, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. had an angry reply. Ashwini responded, as did his advisor Steve Kaplan. Which led the A.F.L.-C.I.O. to fire back again. Now, I have…
