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Freakonomics Salvation?

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  1. TheMiltMan TheMiltMan is offline

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    May 10th, 2011 (5/10/2011 12:37am)

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_859388.html

    Doubt that mathematics can stand up to lobbyists and the courts tho...but one can dream of the return of rational thought.
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  2. tyson219 tyson219 is offline Moderator

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    May 10th, 2011 (5/10/2011 12:55am) in reply to TheMiltMan

    Thanks. Can't wait to read the actual paper posted on NBER.
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  3. adamsapple19 adamsapple19 is offline

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    May 10th, 2011 (5/10/2011 9:48am) in reply to TheMiltMan

     
    Originally Posted by TheMiltMan View Post

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_859388.html

    Doubt that mathematics can stand up to lobbyists and the courts tho...but one can dream of the return of rational thought.

    Except rational thought has never really dominated at this point in human history. I would hope one day it does.

    p.s. Miltman you've been tearing it up for years just down the highway from me. Wish you had been more active all this time. GL.
     
  4. BigDShaggyJ BigDShaggyJ is offline

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    May 10th, 2011 (5/10/2011 7:03pm) in reply to adamsapple19

    heres a link to the scholarly paper:
    http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levi...s/WSOP2011.pdf
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  5. tyson219 tyson219 is offline Moderator

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    May 10th, 2011 (5/10/2011 7:14pm) in reply to BigDShaggyJ

    Interesting methodology. Not very scientific, but a good empirical analysis nonetheless.

    I think a similar analysis based on online tournament results where there is a larger sample size and more readily available information would be interesting.
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  6. EL Cid926 EL Cid926 is offline

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    May 10th, 2011 (5/10/2011 9:28pm) in reply to tyson219

    Great to see levitt take this research up. He is one of the most respected economists. I highly recommend checking all of his work out via the book, the movie, as well as a podcast they produce once every two weeks or so.
     
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