Freakonomics

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.

Thanks to Ted Joyce and Ames Grawert for helping with the research for this episode!

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Where to find us:

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• Peter's other podcast, 5-4
• Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase

Sources:

• The 2003 NYT article
• Freakonomics: What Went Wrong?
• A Review of Freakonomics
• Dismal Science
• Freak-Freakonomics
• The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime: Comment
• The Abortion–Crime Link: Evidence from England and Wales
• The Impact of an Abortion Ban on Socioeconomic Outcomes of Children: Evidence from Romania
• Did Legalized Abortion Lower Crime?
• On the Choice of Control Variables in the Crime Equation
• Steven Levitt on Abortion and Crime: Old Economics in New Bottles
• The Impact Of Legalized Abortion On Crime
• The Great American Mystery Story: Why Did Crime Decline?
• Is There an iCrime Wave?
• The Great Crime Decline
• The Crime Drop in America
• 10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline
• What Caused the Crime Decline?
• Freaks and Geeks: How Freakonomics is ruining the dismal science.
• Interesting Questions in Freakonomics
• Incentives And The Economic Point Of View: The Case Of Popular Economics
• Abortion and Crime in Australia

Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!