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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3236572008-09-01T18:48:55Z2008-09-01T18:48:55ZThe X-Files, Economics Edition: A Guest Post - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/the-x-files-economics-edition-a-guest-post/#">The X-Files, Economics Edition: A Guest Post - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Flying saucers and little green men? The idea that extraterrestrials might be visiting earth became popular in the U.S. at least 60 years ago. But over the last several months, a series of U.F.O.-related events, impressive enough to catch even the most hardened skeptic</p>
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freakonomics, ufo
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3178562008-08-06T17:25:54Z2008-08-06T17:25:54ZHappiness Inequality #3: Putting It All Together - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/happiness-inequality-3-putting-it-all-together/#">Happiness Inequality #3: Putting It All Together - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Two days back I noted that happiness inequality today is at much lower levels than in earlier decades, despite rising income inequality. What lies behind these trends?</p>
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freakonomics, happiness
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3174212008-08-04T16:48:22Z2008-08-04T16:48:23ZHappiness Inequality #1: The Facts - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/happiness-inequality-1-the-facts/">Happiness Inequality #1: The Facts - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>There is less happiness inequality today than in the 1970</p>
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freakonomics, happiness
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3162922008-07-28T18:07:05Z2008-07-28T18:07:05ZFrom Good to Great to Below Average - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/from-good-to-great-to-below-average/">From Good to Great to Below Average - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Last week, however, I picked up Good to Great by Jim Collins. This book is an absolute phenomenon in the publishing world. Since it came out in 2001, it has sold millions of copies. It still sells over 300,000 copies a year. It has been so successful that seven years later the book is still in hardcover. I</p>
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freakonomics, business, good to great
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3157502008-07-25T17:40:14Z2008-07-25T17:40:15ZCreative Capitalism: The Blog - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/creative-capitalism-the-blog/">Creative Capitalism: The Blog - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>A speech that Bill Gates gave at Davos (and which Steve Levitt likes) is now being debated in an ongoing blog by an amazing cast of characters </p>
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freakonomics, creative capitalism, conscious capitalism, capitalism
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3152942008-07-23T17:46:07Z2008-07-23T17:46:07ZDont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/dont-throw-away-your-capitalism-just-yet/">Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>The turbulence of the U.S. economy has lots of people railing against capitalism itself, and with good reason: capitalism is inherently turbulent. That</p>
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freakonomics, capitalism, economics
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3110012008-07-07T21:04:21Z2008-07-07T21:04:21ZA Different Climate Change Apocalypse Than the One You Were Envisioning - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/a-different-climate-change-apocalypse-than-the-one-you-were-envisioning/">A Different Climate Change Apocalypse Than the One You Were Envisioning - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Let</p>
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freakonomics, climate change, global warming, environment
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3065632008-06-20T19:05:13Z2008-06-20T19:05:14ZSay Goodbye to Bottled Water? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/say-goodbye-to-bottled-water/">Say Goodbye to Bottled Water? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Elizabeth Royte</p>
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freakonomics, bottled water, elizabeth royte, bottlemania
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-3057302008-06-18T09:44:01Z2008-06-18T09:44:01ZWho Is the Greatest Modern-Day Thinker? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/who-is-the-greatest-modern-day-thinker/">Who Is the Greatest Modern-Day Thinker? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>I love this question. It first requires you to define what a </p>
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freakonomics, philosophers, thinkers
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2956312008-05-29T18:54:52Z2008-05-29T18:54:52ZThe Politics of Happiness, Part 5 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/the-politics-of-happiness-part-5/">The Politics of Happiness, Part 5 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>So why are the zealots so happy? Many readers of my last post suggested that there is a tremendous amount of comfort </p>
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freakonomics, happiness, certainty, politics
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2951262008-05-27T18:08:02Z2008-05-27T18:08:03ZThe Economics of Teeth, and Other Beauty Premiums - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/the-economics-of-teeth-and-other-beauty-premiums/">The Economics of Teeth, and Other Beauty Premiums - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>The paper asks whether good teeth improve a person</p>
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freakonomics, economics, teeth, beauty, appearances
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2930522008-05-21T17:02:51Z2008-05-21T17:02:52ZIntroducing: The Happiness Index - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/introducing-the-happiness-index/">Introducing: The Happiness Index - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>The press is calling it the Dow Jones Industrial Average of American well-being. Every day, since January of this year, pollsters have called 1,000 Americans to quiz them on their health and happiness.</p>
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freakonomics, happiness, happiness index, well-being
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2911042008-05-15T21:34:43Z2008-05-15T21:34:44ZEconomics, Politics, and Happiness - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/economics-politics-and-happiness/">Economics, Politics, and Happiness - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>I</p>
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freakonomics, economics, politics, happiness
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2874982008-05-01T23:16:07Z2008-05-01T23:16:36ZRobert Reich Answers Your Labor Questions - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/robert-reich-answers-your-labor-questions/">Robert Reich Answers Your Labor Questions - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>We recently solicited your questions for former labor secretary Robert Reich.</p>
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robert reich, freakonomics, supercapitalism, labor, questions, economy, economics, answers
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2874742008-05-01T20:48:00Z2008-05-01T20:48:00ZThe Economics of Happiness, Part 6: Delving Into Subjective Well-Being - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/the-economics-of-happiness-part-6-delving-into-subjective-well-being/">The Economics of Happiness, Part 6: Delving Into Subjective Well-Being - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>What good is G.D.P., anyway? While my postings this week have shown that it is correlated with happiness, I have not spent much time asking just precisely what it is about our subjective experiences that is correlated with higher G.D.P.</p>
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freakonomics, economics, happiness, well-being
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2874732008-05-01T20:44:40Z2008-05-01T20:44:41ZConservatives Are Happier Than Liberals. Discuss. - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/conservatives-are-happier-than-liberals-discuss/">Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals. Discuss. - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>But what about politics? Who’s happier, on average — conservatives or liberals? This is a major theme in my new book, and I’m going to post on this question here for a few weeks.</p>
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freakonomics, happiness, politics, conservatives, liberals
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2874672008-05-01T20:12:52Z2008-05-01T20:12:52ZThe Politics of Happiness, Part 2 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/the-politics-of-happiness-part-2/">The Politics of Happiness, Part 2 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Last week I posted on the happiness difference between conservatives and liberals. Non-partisan survey data clearly show a large, persistent “happiness gap” favoring the political right.</p>
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freakonomics, politics, happiness
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2873592008-05-01T18:28:07Z2008-05-01T18:28:07ZMore Analysis of the Environmental Impact of Walking vs. Driving - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/more-analysis-of-the-environmental-impact-of-walking-vs-driving/">More Analysis of the Environmental Impact of Walking vs. Driving - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>A group called the Pacific Institute has done some further analysis of the data. Their analysis suggests that for most reasonable assumptions about the diet of the walker, driving generates a greater carbon footprint.</p>
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freakonomics, environment, driving, walking
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2851852008-04-23T06:55:50Z2008-04-23T06:55:50ZThe Economics of Happiness, Part 4: Are Rich People Happier than Poor People? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/the-economics-of-happiness-part-4-are-rich-people-happier-than-poor-people/">The Economics of Happiness, Part 4: Are Rich People Happier than Poor People? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Continuing on the theme of the relationship between income and happiness (previous posts: 1, 2 , and 3), let me show you what Betsey Stevenson and I learned when comparing the happiness of rich and poor people.</p>
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freakonomics, economics, happiness, wealth
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~C4Chaostag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-2838482008-04-18T18:57:35Z2008-04-18T18:57:35ZThe Economics of Happiness, Part 3: Historical Evidence - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
<p><a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/the-economoics-of-happiness-part-3-historical-evidence/">The Economics of Happiness, Part 3: Historical Evidence - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog</a></p>
<p>Yesterday I noted that there is powerful evidence from the recent Gallup World Poll that rich countries are happier than poor countries. Today, I want to show you how this fact remained hidden in the data for several decades. (And I don</p>
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freakonomics, economics, money, wealth, happiness
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