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Need to Know How Charitable You Are? There's an App for That

—Freakonomics

Chapter 3 of SuperFreakonomics, called "Unbelievable Stories About Apathy and Altruism," takes a look at the research of John List (the Univ. of Chicago economist, not the notorious murderer of the same same - although the same chapter does cast a new light on a famous murder as well). List's' [...]

Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:57am EST
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SuperFreakonomics, III

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(November 24, 2009 01:56 PM, by David Henderson) This is my third post (see the first two here and here) on Levitt and Dubner's SuperFreakonomics. Chapter 3 is one of my favorite chapters in the book, for one main reason: the way it deals with the Kitty Genovese... [...]

Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:56am EST
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A Child Understands the Fall of the Wall

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(November 7, 2009 01:50 PM, by David Henderson) As Bryan has mentioned, Monday, November 9 will be the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In Chapter 3 of my book, The Joy of Freedom: An Economist's Odyssey, I tell that story and integrate it with... [...]

Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:50am EST
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iPhone Altruism for Potential Organ Donors

—Freakonomics

Organ donation is one of the most altruistic things a person can do. And yet, Chapter 3 of SuperFreakonomics spells out, relying on altruism for organ donations has proved to be largely unsuccessful. There are a lot of reasons people give for not signing up as organ donors.

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Posted: October 26, 2009, 2:32pm EDT
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