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1.Cerberus: Out of the doghouse? (www.economist.com)
After a few conspicuous flops, a private-equity firm gets back to its roots“PEOPLE were prematurely writing the epitaph of our investments and our firm,” says Mark Neporent of Cerberus, a private-equity firm and hedge fund. “Hopefully...
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2.Economics focus: A wealth of data (www.economist.com)
A useful new way to capture the many aspects of povertyWHAT IS poverty and when is a person poor? Most would agree that poverty involves not having enough of certain things, or doing without others that richer people take for granted. But what is ̶...
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3.Correction: Big Mac index (www.economist.com)
Correction: Burger-lovers in Argentina were enjoying a special discount on Big Macs when we collected data for our index (July 24th 2010). At nornal prices the peso is undervalued by 5% not 52%. Sorry for the whopper. This has been corrected online. ...
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4.Finance after the crisis: Vigilante on the move (www.economist.com)
In the first in a series of profiles of financial institutions after the crisis we look at PIMCO, a giant fund managerBILL GROSS has a dual passion for philately and philanthropy. In 2007 he gave to Doctors Without Borders the $9.1m he earned from an a...
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5.Quotes Uncovered: On Tools and Problems (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The origins of "If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."
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6.A Clue to Referee Bias? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The BPS Research Digest reports that "[a] simple perceptual bias could influence football referees' judgments about whether a foul occurred or not."
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7.Teen Sex, Binge Drinking, and Obesity (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
In "Binge Drinking & Sex in High School" (abstract here; PDF here), Jeffrey S. DeSimone argues that "binge drinking significantly increases participation in sex, promiscuity, and the failure to use birth control, albeit by amounts considerably sma...
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8.Too Many Constraints (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
One of my German colleagues has access to €30,000 for Gleichstellung-a German version of an EU-wide initiative to achieve equality between healthy white males and various "disadvantaged" groups, including women. Cleverly, the German government does no...
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9.Our Daily Bleg: Keep Your Hands Off My Ghana! (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
A reader named Karisa Cloward, a school teacher, needs your help. Her dilemma calls to mind earlier blegs about roommates/rent and dividing up a loved one's earthly goods.
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10.The United Mistakes of America (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Kathryn Schulz, the author of Being Wrong, has been guest-blogging for us about being wrong - and admitting our mistakes. Her latest post examines the historical culture of error in the United States.
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11.What if TV Networks Aired All Their Pilots? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
In Hollywood, a lot of people make a good living by making TV pilots that never end up on the air. (There's also a strong market for writing film scripts that are never turned into films.) According to Variety, roughly one-third of pilots end up on the...
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12.Do Building Codes Actually Save Energy? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
A new paper says yes.
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13.The Economics of Gypsies (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Peter Leeson's new research.
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14.The End-of-Life War (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Has modern medicine failed people at the end of their lives?
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15.Statistical Forensics Launches a Polling Donnybrook (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The Research 2000 case.
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16.The Costs of War (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
A new paper reviews war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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17.To Solve Our Problems on the Road: Lose the Drivers (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The solution to all our driving problems?
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18.Where Currencies Get Their Signs (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Where the money comes from.
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19.Thaler on Soccer (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Regulating soccer and financial markets.
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20.Pricing Paintings (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Cutting deals in the art world.
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21.Are We Naturally Lazy? (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
We're happier when busy, but inclined to laziness.
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22.The Age of Prohibition: Bring Your Questions for Daniel Okrent (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The author of Last Call answers your questions.
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23.A Real-World Economist (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Forbes profiles Al Roth.
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24.Matt Ridley at TED (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
The rational optimist's TED talk.
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25.Quotes Uncovered: Fog of War and Showing Up (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Fred Shapiro traces the origins of popular quotes.
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