Krugman vs. Ferguson: Letting the Data Speak
…extracts the probabilities implied by option prices on those dates. (Wonkish detail: I used the January 2011 options on the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond exchange-traded fund (TLT) and…
…extracts the probabilities implied by option prices on those dates. (Wonkish detail: I used the January 2011 options on the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond exchange-traded fund (TLT) and…
…may well arise at some point. If this happens, the policy “mistake” of interest rates being too low in 2010 could be easily undone by higher interest rates in 2011….
…for now, turning weekly in early 2011). A Freakonomics Radio segment on APM’s Marketplace every two weeks. A series of one-hour programs to be broadcast on public-radio stations across the…
…the Yankees and wear a different uniform in 2011. If that happens, fans of the Yankees will get to experience what fans of many other teams have seen for years….
The Pittsburgh Steelers played in this year’s Super Bowl, but did not win it. Which means that, sitting in a warehouse somewhere, are lots of preprinted “Pittsburgh Steelers 2011 Super…
VCU teammates celebrate their win over Purdue during the third round of the 2011 NCAA men’s basketball tournament at the United Center on March 20, 2011 in Chicago. (Photo by…
…reauthorized by September 30, 2011, and we can only hope that Congress heeds Haskins’ advice. Wharton professor gets haircut for charity Penn Current – Justin Wolfers, an associate professor…
…the average of “substantially similar” cars. Thus, according to the DOE, a maker of the 28-MPG 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid holds a “green-collar job,” but the maker of a 41-MPG…
…puzzling economics of sports, why ties should be allowed in baseball, and how football highlights America’s least flattering features. Sanderson’s most recent piece comes from the November 2011 issue of…
…in an estimated cost of more than $153 billion in lost productivity per year. That’s roughly 1% of GDP. Respondents were asked the question: “During the past 30 days, for…
…spread about Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italyand even Belgium and France – despite significant differences among these countries in fiscal policy, outstanding public debt and internati onal payments. By late 2011,…
(Photo: macwagen) The following is a cross-post from NFL.com, where we’ve recently launched a Football Freakonomics project. Well, it’s January. And even though my team stumbled into inglorious, injury-plagued defeat,…
…all. Consider a pair of articles in today’s N.Y. Times and Wall Street Journal, each reporting New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli‘s report which shows that bonuses for 2011 are expected…
…gender gap in those categories in 2011. Just this week, the country’s Senate passed a bill aimed at ending gender discrimination in the workplace. A 2009 “Magna Carta of Women”…
…in 2012, this team is the overall number one seed in the tournament. What’s amazing about this accomplishment is that Kentucky lost three prospects to the NBA draft in 2011…
…we also free up enormous swatches of land. Cattle, for example, use 30 percent of the land on Earth. In vitro meat—essentially the process of growing hamburger from stem cells…
…Guinea, where 32 incidents, including five hijackings, were reported in 2012, versus 25 in 2011. In Nigeria alone there were 17 reports, compared to six in 2011. Togo reported five…
…desirability of the brand, sparking trend-driven consumption that spills over—or up—to the original version. Gosline’s and Barnett’s findings are broadly reinforced by other recent research. A 2011 study by economist…
…to Boston. Naturally, we had to gate-check the luggage for that flight as well. Baggage fees brought U.S. airlines in 2011 a total of $3.4 billion. That amount is almost…
…the variation across space and time in the expansion of natural gas infrastructure in Turkish provinces using data between 2001 and 2011. Our results indicate that the rate of increase…
…0.190 4.91 Tracy McGrady 2010-11 0.153 5.38 Greg Monroe 2011-12 0.194 8.41 Jonas Jerebko 2011-12 0.149 4.55 Andre Drummond 2012-13 0.313 8.11 Greg Monroe 2012-13 0.140 7.85 The list only…
…2011, $480 billion was spent subsidizing fuel. This is equivalent to 0.3 percent of global GDP, or 0.9 percent of worldwide government revenues, literally going up in smoke. What are…
…Disease Control (CDC) shows obesity rates dropping for low-income preschool children in 19 states between 2008 and 2011. From the Wall Street Journal: The obesity analysis, by the federal Centers…
The pandemic has hit America’s biggest city particularly hard. Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back…
There are a lot of upsides to urban density — but viral contagion is not one of them. Also: a nationwide lockdown will show if familiarity really breeds contempt. And:…
The modern world overwhelms us with sounds we didn’t ask for, like car alarms and cell-phone “halfalogues.” What does all this noise cost us in terms of productivity, health, and…
Google and Facebook are worth a combined $2 trillion, with the vast majority of their revenue coming from advertising. In our previous episode, we learned that TV advertising is much…
Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of?
The International Monetary Fund has long been the “lender of last resort” for economies in crisis. Christine Lagarde, who runs the institution, would like to prevent those crises from ever…
