Cast Your Vote for the 2011 Name of the Year

1. An early fan of Jeremy Lin.
2. How Boston Beer Co. gave beer-drinkers an IPO advantage.
3. A truck where students can stash their phones before school. (HT: Kottke)
4. Levitt once asked what WikiLeaks really affected. Bill Keller answers: "The most palpable legacy ... is that the U.S. government is more secretive than ever.
5. Fewer cars are lemons; fortunately, Akerlof already got his Nobel.

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• 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."
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