Who’s Against Transparency in Government? A Guest Post
…of Judicial Conduct (“CJC”) stated that, “the [judicial] candidate should not be informed of the names of his contributors unless he is required by law to file a list of…
…of Judicial Conduct (“CJC”) stated that, “the [judicial] candidate should not be informed of the names of his contributors unless he is required by law to file a list of…
…may recall that Annika made the list of Freakonomics-approved first names — i.e., high-end but mainly obscure names that, if our theory holds true, will increase in popularity in the…
…“Although Rajan is careful not to name names and attributes the blame to generic ‘politicians,’ it is clear that Democrats are largely to blame in his worldview.” Yet if he…
…it a name. Some people can get by with ironic names like the afore-mentioned ”Christmas dinner” moniker, but for others even this can cause trouble later on. If you know…
…nature of this project, we can’t say any more than that. But imagine if, instead of producing a list with 30 names on it, 5 of whom were quite possibly…
…they would one year publish names of the fastest referees, and even give a prize to fast referees who provided excellent reports. I suggested that they instead publish the names…
…of electronic and dance music (EDM), being seen as passé or “selling out” to commercial interests is so universally loathsome that DJs will cycle through different names and logos during…
…on no-shows? Philly.com reports on one restaurant owner’s tactic and its drawbacks: The owner of L.A. restaurant Red Medicine went to social media to Tweet the full names of no-shows…
…period the proportion of US-based authors with English and European names fell while the proportion of US-based authors with names from China and other developing countries increased. The evidence shows…
Last year, we talked to NYU sociologist Dalton Conley and his two children, E and Yo, on our podcast “How Much Does Your Name Matter?” Their names — E Harper…
We’ve heard reports here and there of expectant parents plucking a name or two from the various lists of first names in Freakonomics, but these folks are taking it pretty…
…work, of course, if blacks and whites had very different preferences — which, as we’ve seen with TV viewing habits and baby names (to name a few), they plainly do….
Before reading further, take a guess at what the five most popular baby names for boys were last year in the U.K. If you can guess No. 2, you are…
…that numerals aren’t permitted in first names. (Hat tip: Ryan Hayhurst.) And, in non-name news: the International Symposium on Forecasting begins this Sunday, gathering economists, financial analysts, and scientists to…
…and energy than ever into choosing baby names, scouring Social Security records and hiring consultants and numerologists to help pick the “right” name. Following Dubner’s surprise that Thomas the Tank…
For those seeking a little variety in the name department, the U.K. Times ranks the fifty “craziest celebrity baby names,” including such gems as “Aurelius Cy,” “Fifi Trixibell,” “Moxie CrimeFighter”…
Send in your nominees for the Blogging Scholarship Award. Venezuelan government considers regulating baby names. Sure, Michigan lost, but in revenue terms, they still won. (Earlier) Do teacher credentials affect…
New York’s most popular baby names in 2006. (Earlier) The science of four-letter words. Can immigration levels affect gas prices? College pharmacies jack up birth control prices, fewer women fill…
Divorce is bad for the environment. Survey shows that doctors fail to report each others’ errors. (Earlier) A complete compilation of science fiction baby names. (Earlier) Researchers study zebra social…
…Wizard and type them in for yourself — and then be prepared to spend the next several hours typing in other names in this wonderful and wildly addictive little app….
Professor invents book-writing machine. Are toddlers masters of data-mining? (Earlier) Study finds teenage fathers at greater risk of producing unhealthy babies. “Britney” plummets from list of most popular baby names….
The baby names debate continues. (Earlier) Head of new NYC Office of Financial Empowerment answers questions. (Earlier) Is public peer review necessary in security? (Earlier) Dirty, dirty biofuel…
…Spaceman Africa.” But these are hopeful times. They’ve collected and verified 64 of the weirdest names they could find. They’re now taking your votes for a winner. (HT: MJS) [%comments]…
…of feathers? No answers yet for: Chocolate or vanilla? Who’s on first? Who made me? I also recommend entering the names of your loved ones. For example, when I enter…
…Levy. They used a common Freakonomics topic — baby names — to study how far ideas have spread since the advent of the Internet. They found that from the 1970’s…
…favorite topics: elections and first names. It’s called “A Tale of Two Mike Browns in Lake County Politics”: Did Mike Brown, the candidate for recorder, intentionally run on the name…
…as proxies for race, as discussed in our “How Much Does Your Name Matter?” podcast, in which the Harvard computer scientist Latanya Sweeney found that distinctively black names are more…
…found that online searches for people with distinctively black names was 25% more likely to produce an ad suggesting the person had an arrest record – regardless of whether that…
A year ago, nobody was taking Andrew Yang very seriously. Now he is America’s favorite entrepre-nerd, with a candidacy that keeps gaining momentum. This episode includes our Jan. 2019 conversation…
