Cash for the Climate
Photo: iboy daniel and Jesse Bikman Edward Glaeser (over at the Economix blog) and I are doing a few posts on the high-speed rail (HSR) component of the economic stimulus…
Photo: iboy daniel and Jesse Bikman Edward Glaeser (over at the Economix blog) and I are doing a few posts on the high-speed rail (HSR) component of the economic stimulus…
…started showing the photos one at a time, reports the Associated Press. This small change, according to the AP, can lower misidentification rates by 39 percent. (HT: Daniel Lippman) [%comments]…
…wherein man exploits man. And communism — is vice versa.” Daniel Bell, The End of Ideology (1960). Elijah asked: I have a quote that I’d like to know the origin…
…a dense web of reciprocal causality,” writes Daniel Engber regarding what he calls the “girth-wealth” gradient. To sum it up: the poorer you are, the fatter you’re likely to be;…
…of our new book SuperFreakonomics, although I must say it is an odd coincidence they share a rather uncommon last name and both reside in England. (Hat tip: Daniel Lippman)…
…how in general, would the brothel know who is rich?). The environmental argument gives the brothel cover for doing what it always wanted to do anyway. (Hat tip: Daniel Lippman)…
…blood.” Daniel Burnham, quoted in Collier’s, July 6, 1912. Burnham was a prominent architect. JJG asked: There’s an advice triad, where the third line gets altered to fit the circumstance,…
We’ve blogged about proposals to save ailing print newspapers. Despite shrinking circulation and falling ad revenue, Daniel Gross doesn’t think print news is doing so badly. In a Slate column,…
…it’s very informative. If you’re looking to get caught up on how the SuperFreakonomics discussion of geoengineering is playing out, you can check in here and here. (HT: Daniel Lippman.)…
…the field of environmental journalism. And yet, if her Wikipedia page is correct, she somehow accomplished all this with a degree from Yale in … literature. (Hat tip: Daniel Lippman)…
…time indeed to be in the condom-manufacturing business. Which means the recent Hunan raid is certainly not the last of its kind that we’ll hear about. (Hat tip: Daniel Lippman)…
…fodder for controversial cocktail conversation, take a look also at an old book by James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein on the biology of criminal behavior. (Hat tip: Daniel Lippman)…
…interview on CNN.com, Nathan Myhrvold discusses the geoengineering solutions we wrote about in SuperFreakonomics. (And, Nathan being Nathan, there is a brief discussion of penguin poo.) Hat tip: Daniel Lippman…
…particularly violent crime, is very weak.) In England, meanwhile, a priest encourages people to steal — from big-name stores and only if they really need it. (HT: Daniel Lippman) [%comments]…
…probably be hearing a lot more about how sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere — whether put there by nature or by scientists — cools the earth. (Hat tip: Daniel Lippman.)…
…a year and see what happens at the end of December. In related news, Daniel Elfenbein, Raymond Fisman, and Brian McManus have a fascinating new working paper called “Reputation, Altruism,…
…exploits man. In communism, it’s the other way around.’” The YBQ cites Daniel Bell, The End of Ideology (1960), but he was obviously quoting earlier usage; perhaps this was a…
…altogether, instead resulting in an emergency “full deployment, with little more than computer-based risk estimates to guide us.” Or, alternately, some freelance geoengineering by a single government. (HT: Daniel Lippman)[%comments]…
…and keep its government allies in power,” writes Fisman. “Greater U.S. aid is associated with a decline in voter turnout, concentrated in municipalities with Army bases.” (HT: Daniel Lippman) [%comments]…
Economists love to make predictions about the Summer Olympics, but the Winter Games generally attract less attention. One economist, however, does have some predictions for this year’s Games. Daniel Johnson…
…than effective: the Dartmouth economist Eric Zitzewitz finds that anonymity actually results in a higher home-country bias, as it allows judges to hide from a “scrutinizing press.” (HT: Daniel Lippman)[%comments]…
…company hopes to eventually produce more complex body parts. In fact, some day bio-printers may even “be capable of printing tissues and organs directly into the body.” (HT: Daniel Lippman)[%comments]…
…linked to health). So if you’re blessed or burdened with a short, broad face and a strong jawline, you might want to think about moving to Argentina. (HT: Daniel Lippman)[%comments]…
…capable of a lot more than they realize. His book explores ideas similar to those recently covered in books like Malcolm Gladwell‘s Outliers, Geoff Colvin‘s Talent Is Overrated, and Daniel…
…blonde advantage will not surprise anyone who has read about beauty premiums or John List‘s research showing that blonde women are even better at soliciting charitable donations. (HT: Daniel Lippman)[%comments]…
…to black players who produce at similar rates?? – Daniel-san A. The study of quarterbacks in the NFL suggests that race impacts pay.? And this effect is largest for the…
…have established that cheering for a losing team can negatively affect happiness and self-esteem, so why do people persist in loving the underdog? Daniel Engber, exploring this puzzling propensity at…
…other ethical questions, and immediately plunge into Freakonomics.” Wondering what might have happened had he delayed his reading to spend more time on those “ethical questions” … (HT: Daniel Lippman)[%comments]…
…you think that identity economics might have become a dead-end? –Daniel R Hawes A. You are right that our basic model treats identity and norms as exogenously given – but…
…One, through individual donors. They’ve successfully raised $6,000 for the pilot episode (available on Vodo), and are hoping to raise an additional $20,000 for the next three episodes.?(HT: Daniel Gaglio)[%comments]…