The Economist on the Nobel Laureates
Here is a nice article from The Economist with a description of what the recent Nobel Prize in Economics is all about, as well as interesting personal facts about the winners (e.g., Eric Maskin lives in Albert Einstein‘s old house and dresses up as Einstein for Halloween). Read More »
Bring Your Questions for the MythBusters
(Photo: Courtesy of The Discovery Channel) It’s time for another Freakonomics Q&A, in which you guys ask the questions. If you haven’t seen it, MythBusters is a really good TV show. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage make science happen in front of your eyes as they systematically test all sorts of conventional wisdoms to see Read More »
James Watson, Black Intelligence, and New Research by Fryer and Levitt
Nobel Laureate James Watson got into trouble recently for expressing the opinion that blacks are less intelligent than whites. If you look at almost all existing data from standardized tests in the United States, there is indeed a sizable black-white test score gap. Whether the gap is due to genetic differences is a hotly debated Read More »
The FREAK-est Links
More parents claiming religious exemptions for preschool vaccinations School choice at work in Ghana How will changes in accounting regulations affect U.S. auditors’ incentives? Read More »
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