Super Freakonomics – More Absurd than Ever One of the very first posts on TRD was Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. It is one heck of a book. But it was also weird (in a good sense), as it had no obvious overarching theme. It was much more about a style of […]
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Factfulness – Frank The Chimpanzee Let’s play a little game. It’s you and I, the human team, against Frank. Frank is a chimpanzee and Frank can’t possibly know what 7 + 28 is, right? I am confident that you and I would know that 35 is the answer. Frank might not be a stupid chimpanzee,
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Being a Freakonomic – Exploring Abortion and Crime in the US In 1989 US crime was at its peak. Violent crime rates rose by 80% in the 15 previous years. But the 1990s saw a sudden steep drop in crimes rates. Take a look at the US Homicide Rate below: One can see the drop
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