Supply and demand. Rational choice. Cost-benefit analysis. They sometimes produce surprising results, say the authors of Freakonomics, a bestseller that fuses pop culture with economics, while turning conventional wisdom on its head.
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Washington on Edge
Jeffrey Goldberg, New Yorker staff writer,
-on Harriet Miers, Rove-Miller-Plamegate, and strife in the Republican party
» The New Yorker
-on Harriet Miers, Rove-Miller-Plamegate, and strife in the Republican party
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Economics Freak
Stephen J. Dubner, writer for The New York Times and The New Yorker, and author, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything (William Morrow, 2005)
- on the quirky economic explanations for a range of current trends and issues.
» Freakonomics
- on the quirky economic explanations for a range of current trends and issues.
» Freakonomics
What's the Story?
Dave Isay, public radio producer and founder of StoryCorps,
- on StoryCorps expanding reach as it turns 2
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- on StoryCorps expanding reach as it turns 2
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Fed Pick: Ben Bernanke
The AP reports Ben Bernanke is President Bush's pick to head the fed. He is chair of the White House Counsel of Economic Advisors, a professor at Princeton, and a former governor of the Federal Reserve.
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