There is going to be a U.S. paperback edition of Freakonomics someday, and when there is, the publisher wishes to include a Q&A with the authors.
Such Q&A’s have great potential but often fail because of the canned and bland questions fed to the authors by the publishers — or, worse, fawning questions invented by the authors themselves.
So let’s put an end to that!
In the comments below, please pose some questions that you would like to see answered in the paperback Q&A. They can concern anything you’d like: material in the book, modes of collaboration, the price of tea in China, material in the upcoming SuperFreakonomics, etc. We will probably use 8 or 10 or 15, but the more we have to choose from, the better off we’ll be.
Thanks!
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Other than Levitt’s horse racing picks, what articles do you wish you could take back.
It has been years since you first released Freakonomics. During this time, have any of your conclusions/assumptions changed because of new analysis? Would you have approached any parts differently?
Can you comment on the progress of the Pokernomics data analysis? Are any interesting patterns forming? Is there ever going to be a book?
Can you tell us about subjects that you researched that you didn’t write about (possibly b/c the data didn’t tell you anything, it was too controversial to write about, etc)? I’d like to hear what was left behind on the editing room floor.
Is the US economy, which is the single biggest player in the world economy, inherently unstable and unsustainable because of the high level of consumption?
I was about to post the same question as Mickey (comment #9) – I too would love to know more on this.
Of the stated “billions” we are spending in Iraq every day, week, month, etc., how much of that is being paid to US companies and what positive impact has that had on US GDP? If we pulled out of Iraq completely tomorrow, what impact would that have on US GDP?
Here in Wisconsin we have a lot of farms. Often on farms I see old junked cars and trucks in the yard or by the barn. Why do/did farmers just leave the car in the yard rather than trading it in? As a city dweller, I can’t just leave me old car sitting in my yard, but I wouldn’t because of the value of that car as a trade in or at least for scrap.