Quotes Uncovered: Time, Money, and Cake
A while back, I invited readers to submit quotations for which they wanted me to try to trace the origins, using The Yale Book of Quotations and more recent research by me. Hundreds of people have responded via comments or e-mails. I am responding as best I can, a few per week. Read More »
Our Song-Request Contest Has a Winner
What he hadn’t written yet, however, was a Freakonomics theme song. That’s the request Mann decided to fulfill. It came from a reader named Spencer, who’ll get his choice of Freakonomics schwag for winning the contest.
So here it is, the theme song we never knew we needed but now wouldn’t want to live without. Thanks to all for participating, and especially to Jonathan Mann for lending his talents to our cause: Read More »
Breaking Down the Deficit
David Leonhardt’s carefully-researched column in yesterday’s Times breaks down the causes of the increasing budget deficit. The bottom line: Don’t blame the Obama agenda, “it is responsible for only a sliver of the deficits.” Read More »
Consolidate That Government!
Expected consequence of the mortgage crisis: fewer Americans want second homes. Unexpected consequence: Fewer American state legislatures want second houses. Read More »
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