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The X-Files, Economics Edition: A Guest Post - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:48:55 GMT

The X-Files, Economics Edition: A Guest Post - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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

Tags: freakonomics, ufo

Happiness Inequality #3: Putting It All Together - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:25:54 GMT

Happiness Inequality #3: Putting It All Together - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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?

Tags: freakonomics, happiness

Happiness Inequality #1: The Facts - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:48:22 GMT

Happiness Inequality #1: The Facts - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

There is less happiness inequality today than in the 1970

Tags: freakonomics, happiness

From Good to Great to Below Average - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:07:05 GMT

From Good to Great to Below Average - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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

Tags: freakonomics, business, good to great

Creative Capitalism: The Blog - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:40:14 GMT

Creative Capitalism: The Blog - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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

Tags: freakonomics, creative capitalism, conscious capitalism, capitalism

Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:46:07 GMT

Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

The turbulence of the U.S. economy has lots of people railing against capitalism itself, and with good reason: capitalism is inherently turbulent. That

Tags: freakonomics, capitalism, economics

A Different Climate Change Apocalypse Than the One You Were Envisioning - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:04:21 GMT

A Different Climate Change Apocalypse Than the One You Were Envisioning - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Let

Tags: freakonomics, climate change, global warming, environment

Say Goodbye to Bottled Water? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:05:13 GMT

Say Goodbye to Bottled Water? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Elizabeth Royte

Tags: freakonomics, bottled water, elizabeth royte, bottlemania

Who Is the Greatest Modern-Day Thinker? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:44:01 GMT

Who Is the Greatest Modern-Day Thinker? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

I love this question. It first requires you to define what a

Tags: freakonomics, philosophers, thinkers

The Politics of Happiness, Part 5 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:54:52 GMT

The Politics of Happiness, Part 5 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

So why are the zealots so happy? Many readers of my last post suggested that there is a tremendous amount of comfort

Tags: freakonomics, happiness, certainty, politics

The Economics of Teeth, and Other Beauty Premiums - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:08:02 GMT

The Economics of Teeth, and Other Beauty Premiums - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

The paper asks whether good teeth improve a person

Tags: freakonomics, economics, teeth, beauty, appearances

Introducing: The Happiness Index - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:02:51 GMT

Introducing: The Happiness Index - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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.

Tags: freakonomics, happiness, happiness index, well-being

Economics, Politics, and Happiness - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:34:43 GMT

Economics, Politics, and Happiness - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Tags: freakonomics, economics, politics, happiness

Robert Reich Answers Your Labor Questions - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:16:07 GMT

Robert Reich Answers Your Labor Questions - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

We recently solicited your questions for former labor secretary Robert Reich.

Tags: robert reich, freakonomics, supercapitalism, labor, questions, economy, economics, answers

The Economics of Happiness, Part 6: Delving Into Subjective Well-Being - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:48:00 GMT

The Economics of Happiness, Part 6: Delving Into Subjective Well-Being - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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.

Tags: freakonomics, economics, happiness, well-being

Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals. Discuss. - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:44:40 GMT

Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals. Discuss. - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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.

Tags: freakonomics, happiness, politics, conservatives, liberals

The Politics of Happiness, Part 2 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:12:52 GMT

The Politics of Happiness, Part 2 - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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.

Tags: freakonomics, politics, happiness

More Analysis of the Environmental Impact of Walking vs. Driving - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:28:07 GMT

More Analysis of the Environmental Impact of Walking vs. Driving - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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.

Tags: freakonomics, environment, driving, walking

The Economics of Happiness, Part 4: Are Rich People Happier than Poor People? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:55:50 GMT

The Economics of Happiness, Part 4: Are Rich People Happier than Poor People? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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.

Tags: freakonomics, economics, happiness, wealth

The Economics of Happiness, Part 3: Historical Evidence - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

~C4Chaos — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:57:35 GMT

The Economics of Happiness, Part 3: Historical Evidence - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

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

Tags: freakonomics, economics, money, wealth, happiness