Freakanomics

I believe Teachers do have an element of performance related pay - in the UK - and I know something was tried in the US (I read "Freakanomics" by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner) and that described how teachers in the US helped their students get better grades so they achieved personal bonuses.

FlickFilosopher.com 2009

He directed the much talked about as of late movie Freakanomics, a movie based on the endlessly fascinating and compelling writings of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner about the economics of everyday life.

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But one needn't be all that lucky: according to the gentleman of Freakanomics, the survival rate of plane crashes is surprisingly good, if — and this is a big if — you discount the few big crashes per year that skew the average.

How to Survive a Plane Crash: Life-Saving Strategies You'll Probably Never Need 2010

I came upon your blog from the NY Times Freakanomics blog.

Bat Boy: sick, but not viral. Jessica Hagy 2007

Note to Freakanomics: I enjoy the blog and topics you cover but it is hard to have a good discussion, provide informed comments or understand the full context of the quotes you provide when you include articles from journals which are not free to access and only provide abstracts.

The Wage Effect of Fat - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

Didn't crime go down because of the legalization of abortion (per Freakanomics)?

Rudy's Strategy: Refighting The War With Liberals He Won In The 1990s 2009

But the Times can relax: it's Freakanomics blogger (April 9) Nate Silver predicts, based on statistical analysis, that most states will have legal gay marriage by 2016 - since people under 30 simply don't have the gut-level antipathy towards homosexuality of their elders.

Stanton Peele: States' Cross-Dressing Flummoxes Times 2009

But take the example of Freakanomics, written by a journalist with the economist providing tech support.

Reviewing the undercover economist, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The Freakanomics Blog hosted a "Disaster Response Quorom" and I found this bit from Lee Parrow particularly trenchant:

Archive 2007-11-01 Ilya 2007

The Freakanomics Blog hosted a "Disaster Response Quorom" and I found this bit from Lee Parrow particularly trenchant:

Disaster Response xtra 2007