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- “Steven Levitt is probably a Very Good Economist, but he has proven again and again and again that this Using Economics To Explain The World thing is utter bullshit. And he and Dubner invented this pop-econ trend that is the most annoying application of make-believe science since pop-psychology.”
- “In other words, like most pop science, it was not very scientific. And furthermore, neoclassical microeconomics is just as flawed a method of examining individual behavior as Freudian psychology.”
- “Now, primarily because of the stupid climate change chapter, a bunch of people who formerly would’ve defended Levitt and Dubner are calling them irresponsible morons. ”
UNQUOTE
Wow.
Previously: Steve Levitt is attacked for not sticking to the scientific approach.
Follow Up: Steve Dubner apologizes.
UPDATE: The SuperFreakonomics Global-Warming Fact Quiz
UPDATE: Harvard Business Review
