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  • Steven Levitt on child carseats [says for kids 2 and older there is no benefit to safety seats]

    07/25/2018 2:17:49 PM PDT · by grundle · 17 replies
    TED Talk at YouTube ^ | June 24, 2008 | Steven Levitt
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um5gMZcZWm0
  • Freakonomics Revenge: Authors Crediting Abortion for Crime Drop Now Blame Feminism for Society Ills

    10/24/2009 4:30:56 PM PDT · by Rufus2007 · 17 replies · 1,454+ views
    Newsbusters ^ | October 24, 2009 | Jeff Poor
    We'll have to wait and see if the so-called outside-the-box thinking once praised by some of liberal media elites will get the same reception with this latest edition. In 2005, University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner released the book "Freakonomics" that provided cover for the pro-abortion movement in America by suggesting legalized abortion lowered crime and had a positive impact on society. However, in their new book "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance," Levitt and Dubner blame what is generally accepted to be a liberal...
  • Should a Web Site Post Best Ideas for Successful Terrorist Plots?

    08/12/2007 9:54:18 AM PDT · by Washingtonian · 15 replies · 546+ views
    Fox News ^ | Friday, August 10, 2007 | John R. Lott, Jr.
    Should a website post the best ideas for successful terrorist plots? Should we even discuss publicly how to stop terrorist attacks? This week, New York Times blogger Steven Levitt publicly posted terrorist plot suggestions. He claims that “by getting these ideas out in the open, it gives terror fighters a chance to consider and plan for these scenarios before they occur.” Levitt clearly assumes that terrorists have already figured out the best ideas, but that our side has not. If anything, the reverse is probably true. There are vastly more Americans than terrorists possessing detailed information on American infrastructure, traffic...