Ich bin ein Freakonomist
In a very engaging discussion on WSJ.com, Alex Tabarrok and Bryan Caplan, a pair of economists at George Mason University, show that Freakonomics is hardly the only place to find creative applications...
View ArticleFinal Guest-Blog From Seth Roberts
Here is the final post from our guest blogger, Seth Roberts. If you need to get up to speed on Seth’s unorthodox research with weight-loss, mood, acne, and sleep, click here (our N.Y. Times article...
View ArticleLet’s Hope This Is Not the Best Organ-Donor Incentive Proposed This Year
Congress has taken note of the shortage of donated organs, and has proposed an incentive to increase donation: a commemorative medal to honor organ donors. Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution sums it...
View ArticleThe Man Behind Tyler Cowen, and Freakonomics Too
Regular readers of this blog know how much we admire Tyler Cowen, especially for the Marginal Revolution blog he keeps with fellow George Mason University economics professor Alex Tabarrok. You may...
View ArticleToward a Better Understanding of the Law of Unintended Consequences
We recently published a column describing a few instances of the law of unintended consequences — specifically, what happens when well-meaning legislation winds up hurting the parties it is designed to...
View ArticleCrime in The Wilson Quarterly
In the latest issue of The Wilson Quarterly, there’s a “Crime and Punishment” section featuring Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig‘s “Economist’s Guide to Crime-Busting” (gated), which considers the most...
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Egg Donors Fight the Oocyte Cartel
(Photo: Stéphane Moussie) Alex Tabarrok explores the world of egg donation, which is heavily regulated by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) and the American Society for...
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Is Migration a Basic Human Right? A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
The U.S. border checkpoint in Champlain, N.Y. On a typical day, more than 1 million people cross U.S. borders by land, sea, and air. (photo, cropped: MPD01605) Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is...
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Is Migration a Basic Human Right?
(photo: Staff Sargent F. Lee Cockran) Season 5, Episode 12 On this week’s episode of Freakonomics Radio: The argument for open borders is compelling — and deeply problematic. We hear from economists...
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