SuperFreakonomics-Steve Levitt & Stephen Dubner (11/4/09)

SuperFreakonomics with Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner

Steve Levitt, Economics Professor, University of Chicago; Blogger, The New York Times; Co-author, Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics
Stephen Dubner, Journalist; Blogger, The New York Times; Author, Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics

In Conversation with Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor and Executive Editor Online, Wall Street Journal

INFORUMs Next 21st Century Visionary Award

With Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner revealed the good, bad, ugly and super freaky of the world around us. The freakquel is here. Back with more than pop-culture trivia, Inforum's next 21st Century Visionary Award recipients are ready to revolutionize our understanding of causality in an incredibly interconnected world.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• commonwealth club
• inforum
• freakonomics
• superfreakonomics
• steve levitt
• stephen dubner
• economics

[leoZovic]

12:53 - "Why are prostitutes like departments store Santas?"

17:06 - "Why don't doctors wash their hands?"

20:59 - "Which is more dangerous; walking drunk or driving drunk?"

25:22 - "Are car seats safer than seatbelts for children?"

34:00 - "Do realtors add more value than pimps?"

38:10 - "Is sequestering carbon the only solution to global warming?"

49:37 - Questions from the audience

[camilletraill]

THE MOVIE HE REFERS TO IS THE NOTEBOOK!!!!!!!!!

[majik2hanz]

@daobagua

Yes libertarian economics would be a basis for a longer lasting model. I would combine Douglas' national dividend concept to help account for technology making full labor employment unattainable. Abolishing the Fed would be another.

[daobagua]

@majik2hanz How about Friedmans Libertarianism.

[mrbarneystinson100]

the mediator is soooooo annoying.

[Visfen]

I don't feel offended, I feel enlightened.

[majik2hanz]

Question he should ask is what type of financial system makes most sense in an age where technology and automation have negated the need for much labor in a global corporate oligarchic dominated market. Keynesian or something such as Clifford Douglas' concept of Social Credit.

[lhvjac]

THE MOVIE HE'S ACTUALLY REFERING TO IT THE PROGRAM, FOOTBALL MOVIE WHERE TEAMATES DARE TO LAY ON THE YELLOW LINE. SCENE WAS LATER REMOVED AFTER COPY CAT DEATHS STARTED TO OCCURE.

[Trisket]

@tngart He goes on to explain that carbon dioxide has a half live of a century and if we were to completely cut carbon emissions right now the earth would continue to heat up and we wouldn't see any improvement for 100 years, also the fact that as it currently stands so much of our way of life is dependent on fossil fuels significant cuts (20-30%) are impractical and is an impossible idea to sell to people. There was no bias in that statement merely cold hard facts.

[LSDetroit]

tard