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freakonomics

  1. Nursefoxfire

    Freakonomics

    I'm waaaaay behind the curve when it comes to popular ideas, so I just recently read Stephen Levitt's best-selling economics book. I was fascinated! I was especially interested in his theory about Roe vs. Wade being a key factor in the plummeting crime statistics two decades later. Apparently...
  2. shecky

    Gun Nut Academic Sues Popular Author For Defamation

    John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime: Analyzing Crime and Gun Control Laws", has sued Steven Levitt , co-author of the book "Freakonomics", for defamation. Saying results could not be replicated is different from saying results were falsified. This, combined with Lott's odd shenanigans...
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