Should High-Frequency Trading Be Banned? One Nobel Winner Thinks So
High-Frequency trading generates $7 billion in profits with closely-held algorithmic codes, and a fiber-optic infrastructure that executes trades near the speed of light. Read More »
Does the Highway Patrol Keep Us Safe?
Research suggests that when states cut back on their state highway patrol forces, traffic fatalities can rise by double-digits. Read More »
As If Anyone Needed Another Reason to Pull for VCU
Back in 2006, Virginia Commonwealth University launched a program to help acclimate new students, including requiring all incoming freshman to read the same book. Guess which book VCU chose as its inaugural “summer read”? Read More »
A Freakonomics Contest: Odds of Same City Teams in NCAA Sweet 16
Two teams from the same city have made it to the Sweet 16, the University of RIchmond and VCU, both from Richmond, VA. What, we wonder, are the odds of that happening? Read More »
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. If you haven’t seen it yet, the movie features Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, and was made by a dream team of documentary directors. Paste Magazine named it one of the 