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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Steven D. Levitt

Steven D. Levitt stories: 2 news summaries
Bret Stephens

Freakonomics Guys Freak Out Climate Acolytes

The Church of Gore doesn't want to hear simple solutions

Oct 27, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wouldn't it be great to make global warming disappear with a helium balloon, a few miles of garden hose, and a stream of sulfur dioxide? “Maybe, but not if you’re Al Gore or one of his little helpers,” writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal.... More »

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Iraq • climate change • global warming • Steven D. Levitt • Freakonomics

For Sale: My Seat in Class

Wharton's auction system among solutions to overenrollment in popular courses

Feb 15, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - It beats sleeping overnight outside a professor's office—as some do at Stanford—but should students buy their way into popular classes? The University of Chicago thought not, removing one student's ad hawking a slot in Freakonomics author Steven Levitt's course. Penn's Wharton School has a more capitalistic view, the... More »

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online auction • college • business school • University of Pennsylvania • professor • Wharton School of Business • Justin Wolfers • Steven D. Levitt • Freakonomics • college student

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