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Freakonomics author Stephen Dubner will provide credit unions with the keys to unlocking member satisfaction at NAFCU’s 45th Annual Conference and Exhibition, July 24-28, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
May 20, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: Credit Union Times
Have a great third-grade teacher. That's the takeaway from Andrew Lo's op-ed on the Freakonomics blog. In the wake of National Teacher Appreciation Week, Lo penned an homage to his 1968 homeroom teacher at P.S. 13 in Queens, Mrs. Ficalora. The turning ...
May 23, 2012 at 18:43 | Source: The Business Insider
I heard Cowen on Freakonomics Radio ( www.freakonomics.com/tag/tyler-cowen) and was intrigued enough to set up an e-mail interview — here are his responses. Q: How would you describe the current healthy food movement? Why is it becoming more ...
May 21, 2012 at 04:34 | Source: News-Sentinel
University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt, of Freakonomics fame — and presumably wealth, since his books of that name have sold more than five million copies — has a new paper out with two less famous Chicago colleagues (Chad Syverson ...
May 10, 2012 at 01:27 | Source: Financial Post
although it’s not an argument I would enjoy making to friends who have tried IVF – this idea could have some Freakonomics-style unintended consequences. Many women already misjudge the age at which their fertility drops, and begin trying for ...
May 22, 2012 at 13:08 | Source: Daily Telegraph Blogs
No? Well, don't be surprised as this is not a chapter of the book Freakonomics, but in fact a method and theory developed by Professor Allan Lichtman, professor of history at the American University for correct prediction on future American presidents.
May 26, 2012 at 10:04 | Source: Daily News and Analysis
(Ogas and Gaddam responded to some of their critics in a long Q&A on the blog Freakonomics.) Sex is complicated. Sexuality operates at many levels – biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political. The book strip-mines through this ...
May 25, 2012 at 20:36 | Source: Reuters Blogs
A very entertaining edition of the Freakonomics podcast was devoted to the "upside of quitting." When you find yourself continuously stymied, when problem after problem delays you, when you seem to have lost your enthusiasm for some venture, maybe you ...
May 20, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
According to the authors of Freakonomics, people who purchase gym memberships overestimate their attendance by 70 percent. As a result, over $500 of the average annual cost of memberships is simply lining the pockets of gym owners -- and doing ...
May 16, 2012 at 19:56 | Source: Orange County Register
I don't even know how to get around DC yet." *His favorite book is Freakonomics, a 2005 non-fiction mixing pop culture with economics. *Desmond's one word to describe his manager Davey Johnson? "Awesome."
May 25, 2012 at 12:07 | Source: WUSA