Let's Talk About Tax Cheating: A Freakonomics Quorum
…cheating? 2. What are some new cheating wrinkles you’ll be looking for under the new Obama tax proposals, and what are a few things that should be done about them?…
…cheating? 2. What are some new cheating wrinkles you’ll be looking for under the new Obama tax proposals, and what are a few things that should be done about them?…
…in a blue-to-red direction. But predictions aren’t elections; and even if the predictions hold true, what happens next? So we checked in with some clever people who care a lot…
Photo: Peter Batty Dubner and I have been thinking a lot these days about pundits who make predictions. The incentives surrounding predictions are completely skewed. If I make a wild…
We recently solicited your questions for Nate Silver regarding his new book The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — But Some Don’t. Not too surprisingly, a…
How likely is it that this conversation is happening in more than one universe? Should we worry more about Covid or about nuclear war? Is economics a form of “intellectual…
…too much weight to smaller prediction market contracts? It’s worth acknowledging that in the prediction-market world, an individual betting a few hundred dollars could raise the “likelihood” of an upcoming…
Nicholas Cullinan, the new director of the British Museum, seems to think so. “I’m not afraid of the past,” he says — which means talking about looted objects, the basement…
…University in Rotterdam, and Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago. “There is no doubt that these are real people making real choices for high stakes, and we rarely get…
Humans, it has long been thought, are the only animal to engage in economic activity. But what if we’ve had it exactly backward?
From domestic abusers to former child soldiers, there is increasing evidence that behavioral therapy can turn them around.
The former chairman of the Obama administration’s Council of Economic Advisors tells Steve how improv comedy was a better training ground for teaching than a Ph.D. from M.I.T., and why…
…words and labels. My eyes glaze over when people come up with grandiose labels for ideas — especially newly invented ones. So about a year ago when I had lunch…
…water, we have some rigorous evidence on what might help. It won’t solve all water problems, everywhere. But the approach should sound familiar to readers of Freakonomics, as it is…
…Thaler/Cass Sunstein book Nudge — is looking to expand. Here’s the job listing. Some relevant excerpts: Successful candidates will need to show that they: 1. have a good understanding of…
…Admire, the formerly top-ranked golfer has become the sport’s most controversial figure. Why has he partnered with the Saudi government — and can his new golf league unseat a monopoly?…
…future will be, though. When our first kid was about a month old, we visited my wife’s 90-year-old grandma, Betty, in New Jersey. While we videotaped her holding the baby,…
…studio to chat about some of the new findings presented at the Panel.??Here are the highlights: Two of the smartest young macroeconomists around, Kellogg’s?Jonathan Parker and?Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, presented?new research that…
…way from N.C. to my home state of New York a few times. The best ride I ever caught: from Syracuse, N.Y. to North Carolina. I was at a Rolling…
…at Jeremy Lin’s stats when his college career ended in 2010. Here is what we knew about Lin at that point: Lin was 22 years old, so he was relatively…
After every mass shooting or terrorist attack, victims and survivors receive a huge outpouring of support — including a massive pool of compensation money. How should that money be allocated?…
We seem to have decided that ethnic food tastes better when it’s served by people of that ethnicity (or at least something close). Does this make sense — and is…
Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, explains the thinking behind the controversial new Republican tax package — and why its critics are wrong. (Next week, we’ll hear…
Figuring out which patients to hospitalize and which to safely send home can be tricky. Is there a way to make this decision easier for doctors — and get better…
Frisco used to be just another sleepy bedroom community outside of Dallas. Now it’s got corporate headquarters, billions of investment dollars, and a bunch of Democrats in a place that…
It boosts economic opportunity and social mobility. It’s good for the environment. So why do we charge people to use it? The short answer: it’s complicated. Also: We talk to…
Steve shows a different side of himself in very personal interviews with his two oldest daughters. Amanda talks about growing up with social anxiety and her decision not to go…
We dig into why Covid-19 caught us so unprepared, and how we can make sure we’re ready for a future public-health crisis, with former F.D.A. director Scott Gottlieb….
Who decided that we’re fully mature at 18? Should 16-year-olds have the right to vote? And why are young people bringing their parents to job interviews?…
We all know our political system is “broken” — but what if that’s not true? Some say the Republicans and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to…
Are highly effective people quicker to share credit? What does poverty do to your brain? And how did Stephen’s mother teach him about opportunity costs? Plus: an announcement about the…
