Shooting The Right Profile
…London Calling — I wouldn’t even put it in the top five — but you come to love the names of people and things you loved, so I always loved…
…London Calling — I wouldn’t even put it in the top five — but you come to love the names of people and things you loved, so I always loved…
…with the names of 190 all-time leading football players and asked to name their judgment of the five best players of all time. They could either select from the list…
…other endorsements — the players who score or the defensive stoppers? Quick, which of the following set of names is more recognizable? The top five touchdown leaders in NFL history:…
…that focus on programming skills, welding skills, whatever skills employers are looking for. But rather than these being accredited by educational institutions, they will be branded with the names of…
In a few weeks we’ll be putting out a Freakonomics Radio episode about baby names. To hold you over until then, here’s an article about a naming-rights story that is…
…Griffin III, the two players who led the Heisman vote. After these two, we see names like Ryan Tannehill, Brock Osweiler, Nick Foles, Brandon Weeden, Kirk Cousins, Kellen Moore, Russell…
…rich and thoughtful book, mixing history, analysis, outrage, and remedy. (Photo: Jon Gosier) The beginning of wisdom, it was said, is to call things by their right names. By that…
…it even necessary: For example, we learned a huge amount about the impact of racial characteristics, in their case, names, from the excellent study by our own Steve Levitt and…
…or “bikini-clad magazine models given random names.” Here’s the BPS Digest: The key finding is that the girls and undergrads who viewed the sexualized athlete images tended to say they…
ABC repeats Roland Fryer’s resume experiment and finds that “white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters.” Groupon offer: a baby name for just $1,000. New…
…need not apply!). Here’s hoping you, the Freakonomics readers, can provide leads to “a few good men.” Without revealing any names or other personal details, I’ll blog in the future…
…button doesn’t mean that it is considerate for you to do so. (You also have a first amendment right to call me names, but that doesn’t make your exercise of…
…The University prohibits me from using real names, so third-party validation is difficult to achieve. So, in practice, I work in teams, where many people can discuss what we all…
…those who call themselves specific names like escorts or courtesans as a means of separating their activities from prostitutes because they don’t want to be associated with something that carries…
…Novelists” category to the “American Women Novelists” subcategory. So far, female authors whose last names begin with A or B have been most affected, although many others have, too. The…
…Spain, a new step in dog-waste management: unscooped poop is hand-delivered back to the owner. (HT: Peter Kauss) The power of words and names. (HT: RealClearScience) New study shows that…
…— and sell the results to telemarketers? The government could charge each telemarketer $1,000 for search results of up to 1,000 names. Bronze members ($100,000 annually) would also get a…
…than the more expensive name brands. The episode discusses the various reasons that brand names might be more appealing despite the higher cost. A listener named Mike Dimore has written…
…to right: Sophie (1), Nicholas (2), Olivia (5), and Amanda (5). Sophie’s name, for the record, was taken from the list of Freakonomics-approved names in Chapter 6 of the book….
The art market is so opaque and illiquid that it barely functions like a market at all. A handful of big names get all the headlines (and most of the…
…back catalog of Freakonomics Radio since the show has covered this general topic in the past. Jeremy Johnston, Audio Engineer “Names,” from Off Leash Since my dog doesn’t seem to…
…all. A handful of big names get all the headlines (and most of the dollars). Beneath the surface is a tangled web of dealers, curators, auction houses, speculators — and,…
Some of the biggest names in behavioral science stand accused of faking their results. Last year, an astonishing 10,000 research papers were retracted. We talk to whistleblowers, reformers, and a…
Also: is it better to be a thinker, a doer, or a charmer?
Also: Is there a downside to billionaire philanthropy?…
The endless pursuit of G.D.P., argues the economist Kate Raworth, shortchanges too many people and also trashes the planet. Economic theory, she says, “needs to be rewritten” — and Raworth…
Before she decided to become a poker pro, Maria Konnikova didn’t know how many cards are in a deck. But she did have a Ph.D. in psychology, a brilliant coach…
