By: David
Woah… I was with you until the last one. Perhaps it hit too close to home. Maybe there is more in the book, but it seems hard to prove that feminism resulted in less quality teachers thus making dumber...
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Lots of their conclusions can be controversial. I watched their show on Netflix and they concluded that Roe v. Wade led to lower crime by virtue of not having unwanted offspring around….. Either way,...
View ArticleBy: Dan
You’re review convinced me to finally read this series. I’m 7th on my library’s waiting list for the e-book of Freakonomics, and I see they also offer both SuperFreakonomics and SuperFreakonomics,...
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If the government paid people to hand in kidneys. I wonder how many people would wake up in a bathtub full of ice missing thier kidney.
View ArticleBy: Victoria
Exactly. That’s the reason why selling organs is illegal here. If you give people financial incentive to sell/steal organs, people will. Also, people don’t realize that mother nature gave us TWO organs...
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Also, one should note that this practice would give rise to placing value only on the lives of those who can afford to buy organs; those who do not will die. The lottery system current in place is set...
View ArticleBy: Ron
Regarding feminism and falling test scores for U.S. students: “Correlation does not imply Causation.” See “Pirates and Global Warming” at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.....nglish.jpg
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Seriously, you’re going to tell a leading economist, “Correlation does not imply Causation” ?? You should read the book before assuming they made a ridiculous claim.
View ArticleBy: Ron
Just commenting on the sample Jonathon reports they provided in the book. If they didn’t, that’s on Jonathon, not me.
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