Freakonomics

<p>In 2005, two men named Steven and Stephen published the quintessential airport book. In 2022, two men named Mike and Peter started a whole podcast just to make fun of it. <br/><br/>Thanks to Ted Joyce and Ames Grawert for helping with the research for this episode!<br/><br/><a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'><b>Support us on Patreon</b></a><b><br/></b><br/><b>Where to find us: </b></p><ul><li><a href='https://twitter.com/IfBooksPod'>Twitter</a></li><li><a href='https://www.fivefourpod.com/'>Peter&apos;s other podcast, 5-4</a></li><li><a href='https://www.maintenancephase.com/'>Mike&apos;s other podcast, Maintenance Phase</a></li></ul><p><br/><b>Sources:</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/magazine/probability-that-real-estate-agent-cheating-you-other-riddles-modern-life.html'>The 2003 NYT article</a></li><li><a href='https://www.americanscientist.org/article/freakonomics-what-went-wrong'>Freakonomics: What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href='http://www.noapparentmotive.org/papers/DiNardo_on_Freakonomics.pdf'>A Review of Freakonomics</a></li><li><a href='https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/dismal-science/'>Dismal Science</a></li><li><a href='https://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/papers/freak.pdf'>Freak-Freakonomics</a></li><li><a href='https://www.jstor.org/stable/25098902'>The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime: Comment</a></li><li><a href='https://www.jstor.org/stable/40071728'>The Abortion–Crime Link: Evidence from England and Wales</a></li><li><a href='https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/506336'>The Impact of an Abortion Ban on Socioeconomic Outcomes of Children: Evidence from Romania</a></li><li><a href='http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/1/1.short'>Did Legalized Abortion Lower Crime?</a></li><li><a href='https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00602.x'>On the Choice of Control Variables in the Crime Equation</a></li><li><a href='https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajes.12024'>Steven Levitt on Abortion and Crime: Old Economics in New