RECHARGER WANTS TO KNOW — ARE WE ALL SUCKERS? Can we not tell the difference between an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize in economics? Reading an account of the book When Genius Failed on Underthecounter.com, gets us thinking: could we, with the right canine grooming, a serious suit from Barneys, and a strong bark, make a $2 million Christmas bonus despite having led investors into one of the biggest debacles in financial history?
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Posted in The City on November 24th, 2006 | 
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To: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, authors, Freakonomics.
Dear Steven and Stephen,
Having read Malcolm Gladwell’s rave, having understood and loved the book’s premise—that hidden statistics we don’t want to look at tell the real story—we expected a lot from your bestseller, Freakonomics.
We were not completely disappointed. Freakanomics is always thought-provoking, and scores a number of bull eyes. For example, your attack on the theories of why crime plunged in the 90s (and, indirectly, the Giuliani myth) is pure fun [...]
Posted in Books/Films/Media on June 6th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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