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Economist Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins, publisher of Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner’s SuperFreakonomics.

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins. – http://delong.typepad.com/files/superfreakonomics-chapter-5.pdf – Is SuperFreakonomics author Levitt again denying the ‘unequivocal’ scientific evidence for global warming? New Yorker’s Kolbert calls book a form of “horseshit.” – One error retracted, … Continue reading →

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Gawker blogger ridiculizes Super Freakonomics — and casts {Steve Levitt + Steve Dubner} as… “morons”.

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

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 →

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Ken Caldeira about how his work was misrepresented in SuperFreakonomics —as well as the prospects (and pitfalls) of plans to engineer the planet’s climate system

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“[Ken Caldeira] views geoengineering as a last resort, one fraught with risks and unintended consequences. What if, for example, industrialized nations decide to inject heat-reflecting dust into the stratosphere and set off a climate reaction that causes drought and famine … Continue reading →

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Steve Levitt clearly has virtually no understanding of earth science.

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Previously: Steve Levitt is attacked for not sticking to the scientific approach. UPDATE: More from Climate Progress Next: Ken Caldeira about how his work was misrepresented in SuperFreakonomics —as well as the prospects (and pitfalls) of plans to engineer the … Continue reading →

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Steve Levitt is attacked for not sticking to the scientific approach.

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

About the Super Freakonomics chapter on climate change: Paul Klemencic: Brad [DeLong], I agree with your assessment. This series of emails just made my brain explode as well. I have spent a significant amount of time going through this information … Continue reading →

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What Do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo Have in Common?

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Super Freakonomics — Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner – (co-authors of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics) http://delong.typepad.com/files/superfreakonomics-chapter-5.pdf UPDATE: Steve Dubner + Andrew Gelman + Brad DeLong Next: Ken Caldeira about how his work was misrepresented in SuperFreakonomics —as well as … Continue reading →

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HarperCollins is preventing bloggers to criticize Super Freakonomics by cutting off free access to excerpts of the book via Amazon.com.

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Brad DeLong has the damning story. I like Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner very much, and I wish the polemique will end well for them. Previously: Super Freakonomics — Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner — The Follow-Up On Freakonomics Super … Continue reading →

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You Bet: The BetFair Story — How Two Men Changed the World of Gambling — By Colin Cameron — HarperCollins

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The Economist’ review of the book The Economist on the European betting market

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