Stephen Dubner

Is Your Paycheck Killing You?

Posted 05.01.2012

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Wish you could predict the exact moment when you're going to die? Well, you probably can't. But you might be able to get a hint thanks to the work of ...

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Does Eating Local Actually Hurt The Environment?

Posted 04.24.2012

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Does the recent passing of Earth Day have you thinking that you want to do more for the environment? One popular solution is to eat local, but accordi...

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WATCH: 'Freakonomics' Author On Why Friends Don't Let Friends Walk Drunk

Posted 08.23.2011

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The dangers of drunk driving are well established -- according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, someone is dies in a car crash involving drinking eve...

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Newsflash: We Need Fewer, Not More, College Grads?

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Justin Snider

One surefire way to get people's attention is to say the exact opposite of what everyone else is saying -- to claim that conventional wisdom is wrong. And sometimes, of course, conventional wisdom is wrong.

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HuffPost Review: Freakonomics

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

As anthology films go, Freakonomics is an entertaining -- if occasionally scattershot -- documentary. But then, that was the nature of the book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, upon which the film was based.

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ReThink Interview: Seth Gordon, Exec. Producer of Freakonomics

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Kim

I spoke to Gordon about applying Freakonomics, working with a group of celebrated documentarians, films that changed Gordon's life, and matters concerning Donkey Kong and the scripted remake of the King of Kong that is in the works.

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Inflation-Adjusted Stock Returns Show Dow : CJR

cjr.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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By my math, that means, the Dow has returned 0.99 percent a year over the last 80 years. Yow! Audit Reader Edwin Hamilton also notes that the Dow has...

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Missing the SuperFreaking Point (and Ignoring the Business Case for Green)

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Winston

The authors of SuperFreakonomics fail to mention that the process of shifting to a low-carbon economy has enormous upsides completely aside from the benefits to climate balance.

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SUPERFREAKONOMICS

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the only thing that could top Freakonomics Meet the PROFESSORS, PROSTITUTES, DOCTORS, INVENTORS, PSYCOLOGISTS, and OTHER REAL-LIFE CHARACTER...

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