The conclusions I have reached from years of investigations are remarkably similar to those of the authors of Freakonomics.

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The guys at the Freakonomics blog, where I found this item, have been writing about this phenomena for years.

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In the book Freakonomics, by University of Chicago economist, Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist, Stephen J.

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Ah, this is the stuff that Freakonomics are made of.

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Furthermore, University of Chicago professor (and co-author of the bestseller Freakonomics) Steve Levitt has noted that most proposed gun controls have minimal impact on gun crime.

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In their best seller Freakonomics, he and co-author Stephen Dubner note that a child is 100 times more likely to die in a swimming accident than a gun accident.

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In contrast with the authors of bestselling books like Freakonomics, who are fascinated by obscure but intriguing questions like how to detect cheating by sumo wrestlers, Roth relishes real-world challenges.

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Have you read Freakonomics and its sequel, SuperFreakonomics?

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Drawing heavily on the latest research in neuroscience, Pirozzolo is working with Steven Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and the co-author of "Freakonomics, " on a golf research project to determine which transfer techniques work and which don't.

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