A recent podcast, "What You Don't Know About Online Dating ," discussed how online dating has changed the process of finding a mate in traditionally "thin" markets. Writing for FP, BETHANY ALLE...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/02/online-dating-in-thin-markets/
STEVEN PERLBERG of Business Insider quotes a private research note by ConvergEx's NICK COLAS on the correlation between Olympic success and economic strength. "The Winter Olympics are a useful ...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/02/want-to-win-olympic-medals-fix-your-economy-first/
1. DREW BREES criticized for not tipping enough for takeout . (HT: STEVE SCHWINGER) 2. The People’s Daily Online Public Opinion Monitoring Center : where the Chinese government collects data o...
In a podcast called "Misadventures in Baby-Making ," we explored China's one-child policy as a cause of sex-selective abortion and, therefore, skewed male-female sex rations. A new working paper ...
https://freakonomics.com/2013/06/another-explanation-for-sex-selection-in-china/
1. Movie tickets cost as much as $48 ; "Star Wars" creator GEORGE LUCAS predicts that ticket prices are only going up . (HT: SM FISHMAN) 2. Name wars: Borghese Inc. fights the BORGHESE family f...
Yesterday we gave an update on how attaching a lottery payout to bank accounts can help people save more money . A reader named DREW writes in about a different lottery nudge: > When I was�...
https://freakonomics.com/2013/06/using-lottery-payouts-to-fight-tax-evasion/
Bloomberg Businessweek reports that in Chinese cities, the cost of obtaining a license plate (about $6,900 back in 2011 ) can now exceed the cost of a vehicle: > Shanghai is one of four ...
The outgoing leader of China, HU JINTAO, has made fighting corruption one of the centerpieces of his party's agenda. Perhaps because of that, my corruption antennae were working overtime whil...
I’m always suspicious of companies who tout how environmentally friendly they are, when being green happens to coincide with cost savings for the firm. The best example is the ubiquitous mess...
https://freakonomics.com/2013/02/the-best-green-hotel-message-ive-ever-seen/
Official statistics would certainly suggest that crime in China is extremely low. Murder rates in China are roughly one-fifth as high as in the United States. According to the official crime ...
https://freakonomics.com/2013/02/whats-the-real-crime-rate-in-china/
I spent 12 days in China with my family over Christmas this year, a whirlwind tour that took us to seven different cities, including the birth-cities of my two adopted daughters. In a series of...
In a Freakonomics Radio episode called “Misadventures in Baby-Making ,” we looked at the unintended consequences of China's One Child Policy. A new paper (gated ) in Science looks at the so-...
China is famously a hotbed of copying. Western firms constantly kvetch about Chinese knockoffs of their products—and often with good reason. China’s intellectual property laws are fairly st...
If you have 3 minutes and 41 seconds to spare on this fine Friday, you could do much worse than watching a performance of "Katy Hill" by Mei Han's Red Chamber with John Reischman and the Jaybirds...
Here's a fascinating new working paper from Yale economist DAVID G. ATKIN, called "Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico" (abstract here ; PDF of an earlier version here...
https://freakonomics.com/2012/08/are-good-manufacturing-jobs-bad-news-for-education/
A new paper from GARY KING , JENNIFER PAN , and MARGARET ROBERTS analyzes "millions of social media posts originating from nearly 1,400 different social media services all over China before th...
1. Do wind farms affect air temperature ? And are we finally starting to solve the mysteries of clouds ? 2. How dangerous are chairs ? 3. Does playing music make kids more compassionate ? 4. S...
Maybe my computer thinks I am in China (but I am not; I am in New York). Maybe a Chinese hacker is just having a laugh (it has happened before). Maybe the Chinese have bought all of our stock...
https://freakonomics.com/2012/04/the-chinese-havent-bought-all-our-stock-markets-have-they/
A reader named CHUCK ARMITAGE writes in with a question about which I know nothing but which I'd like to know much more. So what do you say, readers? What do you know, and think, and what can y...
https://freakonomics.com/2011/12/whats-the-story-with-shark-fin-soup/
Our latest podcast, "Weird Recycling ," featured CARLOS AYALA, the Vice President of International at Perdue Farms. STEPHEN DUBNER's interview with him centered on chicken feet -- or chicken paws...
https://freakonomics.com/2011/12/the-economics-of-chicken-feet-and-other-parts/