Freakonomics

• Ken Caldeira's Carbon Solution

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  There's been a brouhaha over whether we "misrepresented" the research and views of the climate scientist Ken Caldeira, whom we write about in the global-warming chapter of SuperFreakonomics. We've been in constant touch with him over the past few weeks, since we wanted to amend future printings of our book [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:33pm EST
  by By Stephen J. Dubner

• The Winner of the SuperFreakonomics Counting Contest

  The closest guess to be submitted before the deadline was from Dave Benner, commenter No. 93, who guessed 666,666. Apparently the devil really is in the details. Congratulations to Dave; he's got some schwag coming his way.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  by By Stephen J. Dubner

• Guess What the Initials NADA Stand For

  If nothing else, getting an economics Ph.D. should teach someone how to complicate and obfuscate the issue so that it isn't so obvious to outsiders that the argument makes no sense.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  by By Steven D. Levitt

• Do You - *Achoo* - Support Health Care Reform?

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  We know polling results are sensitive to the wording of questions. The delivery of those questions could be a factor, too. We'll know for sure when we see the first health care push-poll featuring sniffling, sneezing pollsters.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:33am EST
  by By Freakonomics

• The State of Geoengineering Research

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  As noted earlier, Congress today is holding its first-ever hearings on geoengineering as a potential means to fight global warming.

  
  

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:38am EST
  by By Stephen J. Dubner