Slowly Becoming an "Expert"
In Freakonomics we poke fun at “experts” — folks who go around speaking with great authority about topics they don’t actually know that much about. I can be criticized for a lot of things since Freakonomics came out, but one thing that I have been pretty good at is not masquerading as an expert on Read More »
FREAK-Shots: Forget Hemlines and Lipstick
An article in The Economist reports that “the lipstick index,” the theory that women buy more lipstick in tough economic times, is probably not valid. A better index might instead be hairstyles. As The Independent reports, Japanese researchers found that women tend to have longer hairstyles when the economy is doing well, and shorter styles Read More »
The Army's Not Coming Up Short
NPR reported last month that, for the first time in five years, the U.S. Army had more than met its recruiting goals. This happens every time unemployment rises, and it should be absolutely no surprise. People choose military service after high school partly out of a desire to serve the country; but there is strong Read More »
Luigi Zingales Offers His Advice to Treasury Secretary Geithner
My colleague Luigi Zingales has some words of wisdom for the incoming Treasury secretary. Read More »
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