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Tag Archives: Freakonomics
BetFair’s Mark Davies (the Prince of betting exchange PR) has just gotten a second omelet in the face.
First, the Financial Times —and, now, Freakonomics. The journalistic rule should be that, if you cite one prediction exchange, you should cite the one that is the most liquid on the market you are writing about. For UK politics, it … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange & Market Management, Exchange Liquidity, Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged BetFair, betting exchanges, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, Exchange Liquidity, Freakonomics, InTrade, Mark Davies, Market Liquidity, prediction markets
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Nathan Myhrvold on geo-engineering to combat global warming
Great interview on CNN — video. He also talks about “investing in inventions”.
Posted in Inventions & Innovations, Science
Tagged America, capital, China, climate change, climate science, Eart, Engineering, engineers, Freakonomics, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, India, innovations, Intellectual Ventures, inventions, investing in innnovations, investing in inventions, Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, patent, patent troll, patent trolls, patents, Planet Earth, Science, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, United States Of America, venture capital, venture capitalist, venture capitalists
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The World Of SuperFreakonomics
Steve Levitt on Super Freakonomics: Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner on Charlie Rose – Click on Archives. – Spot November 11′s show.
John Stossel defends the Super Freakonomics authors, who are attacked by the Global Warming Church.
John Stossel on global warming as a scare tactic:
SuperFreakonomics: Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner on Charlie Rose
Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner on Charlie Rose – Click on Archives. – Spot November 11′s show. UPDATE: Steve Dubner on geo-engineering.
You state that your book is based on one fundamental assumption about human nature: people respond to incentives. Which is another way of saying that people are basically selfish. Take someone like Jesus Christ. What was his “incentive†to go on the cross?
“Jesus probably didn’t know much about macroeconomics, even though he was God.â€
Posted in Humor
Tagged Economics, Freakonomics, God, Humor, incentives, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Super Freakonomics
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Geo-Engineering Planet Earth — The Super Freakonomics Solution To Global Warming
Narrator: “Every year, more and more ice must be dumped into the ocean to cool the earth, thus solving the problem forever.” Little Girl: “But . . .” Narrator: “Forever!!!” – The SuperFreakonomics Global-Warming Fact Quiz – Read all the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Humor
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, Freakonomics, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, Humor, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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Environmentalists are more interested in social engineering than geo-engineering.
Very good comment on the Freakonomics blog. I am reading all the comments, right now. Many are well thought and interesting. Do read. ADDENDUM: Why is Intellectual Ventures researching geoengineering technologies? UPDATE: Climate Progress + AP UPDATE: Harvard Business Review
Posted in Economics, Politics, Science, The Global Economy
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, Freakonomics, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, Intellectual Ventures, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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Gawker blogger ridiculizes Super Freakonomics — and casts {Steve Levitt + Steve Dubner} as… “morons”.
QUOTE – “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 … Continue reading