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NEWS ABOUT: Freakonomics

Freakonomics stories: 3 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

Winter Babies' Real Problem? Less-Educated Mothers

Accidental find shines light on old conundrum

Sep 22, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - For years, economists have been trying to explain why winter babies have it so tough. In study after study, those born in winter consistently perform worse in school, earn less, and are less healthy than peers born at other times of year. Now Notre Dame economists Kasey Buckles and Daniel... More »

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education • economics • statistics • Freakonomics • babies

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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