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03/06/2008 | 9:28 am

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Is Male Kindness Actually a “Peacock Tail?”
A new paper from psychology researchers Mark Van Vugt and Wendy Iredale finds that acts of male kindness may not always... Read More
How Biased Is Your Media?: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
When it comes to politics and media, the left argues that the right is more biased than the left while the right argues... Read More
Two Ways to Make Them Pay
A reader, who is also a lawyer, writes in with an interesting example of incentives in the courtroom. He tells us about... Read More
The Air Force as Commitment Device
A podcast listener named Amber writes in to say:I recently listened to your podcast on commitment devices, which finally... Read More
The Prius Driver’s Conundrum
For a singularly grim, if fiercely literary, assessment of the earth’s environmental fate, the grizzled wisdom of Cormac... Read More

R on Is Male Kindness Actually a “Peacock Tail?”
"Idea for a follow up study - what effect does this have on the female observers' attraction to the males?..." Read More
John on Are Ritalin-Taking Students Cheaters?
"Its not cheating you just have problems because you don't have anything else but school. A job doesn't give two shits if you can get the job done and..." Read More
Amber on The Air Force as Commitment Device
"Also, I'm sorry for my poor grammar in the above message. It's my own short comming that I fail to proof read my posts...." Read More
Amber on The Air Force as Commitment Device
"Bodger, I appreciate your input, especially as someone who has experienced life in the Air Force. I know they have made some changes to the AF BMT,..." Read More
Erik - Dallas on How Biased Is Your Media?: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
""throwing out the editorial page, the Wall Street Journal is the most liberal of all, even beating the New York Times!" You are thinking of the WSJ editorial..." Read More

Allen Sanderson on numbers in the news.
Dan Ariely on how online dating is like drinking wine: "You could describe it, but it's not a very useful description. But you know if you like it or don't."
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers (friends of the blog) on their lives as the It Couple of Economics. My favorite line? Betsey talking about economics itself: "It’s not a profession that rewards modesty in any way." One might consider this a print version of the Stevenson-Wolfers story we told in our "Economist's Guide to Parenting" radio program.

Keep up with the latest Freakonomics news and chatter at Big Buzz. And here's more:

Stephen Dubner talks with Dan Schawbel at Forbes about the Freakonomics phenomenon.
Freakonomics: The Movie is now on Showtime! It is also available on DVD and Blu-ray. You can also watch it on iTunes or Netflix.
Freakonomics tops Forbes' list of books that rock the "New Author Platform".
Daily Beast Q&A with Dubner & Levitt on SuperFreakonomics paperback edition.
NY Mag on Levitt’s new mind-for-hire gig.
Econ profs rank Levitt as their fourth favorite economist under age 60.
TIME has named the Freakonomics blog one of "The 25 Best Financial Blogs."
Freakonomics Radio has hit the air! Find out when our second season of five hour-long specials will air on your local public radio station. You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, or grab our widget.

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