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Tag Archives: Super Freakonomics
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.
Economist Brad DeLong has received a DMCA takedown notice from HarperCollins, publisher of Steve Levitt and Steve Dubner’s SuperFreakonomics.
- 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
Posted in News, Science
Tagged Brad DeLong, climate change, climate science, DMCA takedown notice, Earth, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, HarperCollins, ocean acidification, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Steve Levitt, stratoshield, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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Although flawed, in SuperFreakonomics, Levitt and Dubner have done citizens and policymakers a real service by breaking the taboo on discussing the feasibility and risks of climate engineering in public.
Ron Bailey on SuperFreakonomics.
Posted in Science
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, ocean acidification, Planet Earth, Ron Bailey, Science, social engineering, Steve Levitt, stratoshield, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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Intellectual Ventures wanna solve global warming via “stratoshield”.
“Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) assailed the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in the effort to deceive the American public on the science of global warming, in particular for their “absolute deception” in their portrayal of the views of climate scientist … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, Intellectual Ventures, ocean acidification, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Steve Levitt, stratoshield, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
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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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Super Freakonomics, prostitution, and feminism
Posted in Business, Jobs - Careers - Hiring, The Global Economy
Tagged feminism, prostitution, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, women
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Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show
Super Freakonomics: Steve Levitt on Jon Stewart’s show (The Daily Show) Download this post to watch the embedded video —if your feed reader does not show it to you. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Science
Tagged climate change, climate science, Earth, Earth science, Economics, environmentalists, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, Humor, Jon Stewart, Planet Earth, Science, social engineering, Steve Levitt, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, The Daily Show
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