What If It Rained on the Tea Party Parade?
…of rain in a congressional district on April 15, 2009, made its representative 8.7 percentage points more likely to vote against the Affordable Care Act. Had the weather at those early rallies…
…of rain in a congressional district on April 15, 2009, made its representative 8.7 percentage points more likely to vote against the Affordable Care Act. Had the weather at those early rallies…
…average point guard selected in the NBA draft from 1995 to 2009 posted a 5.8 Win Score per 40 minutes (WS40) in his last year in college. In 2009-10, Lin…
…in fielding are more likely to have influenced the scoring trend than changes in pitching. The problem with a regression like this is that we only have 14 points on…
…2010 are not subject to the estate tax. However, not being subject to the estate tax is not advantageous to all estates and heirs. Under 2009 law, $3.5 million of…
…consumption poor are less educated, less likely to own a home, more likely to live in married parent families, and much less likely to be single individuals or elderly. The…
The simplicity of life back then is appealing today, as long as you don’t mind Church hegemony, the occasional plague, trial by gossip — and the lack of ibuprofen. (Part…
Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street Y in New York to celebrate their new book “When to Rob a Bank” — and a decade of working…
Breaking news! Sources say American journalism exploits our negativity bias to maximize profits, and social media algorithms add fuel to the fire. Stephen Dubner investigates. (This is part of the…
Caitlin Doughty is a mortician who would like to put herself out of business. Our corporate funeral industry, she argues, has made us forget how to offer our loved ones…
She’s the C.E.O. of Zoox, an autonomous vehicle company. Steve asks Aicha about the big promises the A.V. industry hasn’t yet delivered — and the radical bet Zoox is making…
Public bathrooms are noisy, poorly designed, and often nonexistent. What to do?
…the producers still need to raise another $15 million to bring the show to New York. There really is no business like show business. (Part three of a three-part series.)…
…fresh enough to inspire enthusiasm in nearly every quadrant, and (sadly) a very active police blotter for Pittsburgh Steelers fans to follow. Addendum: Berri and Schmidt answer your questions here….
John Urschel was the only player in the N.F.L. simultaneously getting a math Ph.D. at M.I.T. But after a new study came out linking football to brain damage, he abruptly…
…is hard enough. (In fact, A.S.U. had never won one in any sport.) And repeating is even harder. Just ask my poor Pittsburgh Steelers this year. But A.S.U. did it,…
Ben Roethlisberger (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times) I’ve made no secret of my Pittsburgh Steelers fandom — the most recent example is here — and so yes, Sunday was…
…to say Freakonomics?” This is a boy who can recite the roster of the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers — but he had no idea there was such a word as “economics”…
…kid, I called myself Franco Dubner for a few years, since I was enamored with Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris. But it certainly didn’t help me make the NFL….
…than an aptonym. Luke Ravenstahl, the young mayor of Pittsburgh, didn’t like the fact that his last name made him sound like a fan of the Baltimore Ravens, the hated…
Dubner and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt answer your questions about crime, traffic, real-estate agents, the Ph.D. glut, and how to not get eaten by a bear.
…drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and have followed his career medium-closely ever since. I have concluded that my first impression was pretty much accurate: he is a Grade-A knucklehead. His…
…conventional wisdom. I think this interpretation is supported by the answer that Bill Cowher, the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, once gave when asked what would happen if more coaches followed…
I like following sports for a lot of reasons beyond the sheer entertainment; I’ve explained why here and here. The cast of characters is constantly evolving and, often, capable of…
It’s not a new question, but it’s a tricky one to study. Bapu explains why, and talks about how an N.F.L. labor dispute helped him get some answers….
It facilitates crime, bribery, and tax evasion – and yet some governments (including ours) are printing more cash than ever. Other countries, meanwhile, are ditching cash entirely. And if Star…
Organized labor hasn’t had this much public support in 50 years, and yet the percentage of Americans in a union is near a record low. A.F.L-C.I.O. president Liz Shuler tries…
Many of us hate to think about future crises. Game designer Jane McGonigal wants to make it fun….
…optimism and agentic hope? Are there benefits to taking a long shot, even if it turns out to be an air ball? And how is Angela like an N.F.L. quarterback?…
Distractions are everywhere — including in the operating room. So, what happens if a surgeon loses focus? A tap dancer, a health researcher, and a surgeon help Bapu Jena find…
In their chase for a global audience, American movie studios spend billions to make their films look amazing. But almost none of those dollars stay in America. What would it…
