Many of you commented that Steven Levitt's presentation at TED about the car seats was not exactly a wonderful piece of work. Cephyn pointed out that Levitt acknowledged this in his NYT spot.
So let's look at an older TED talk by Levitt and get a better taste in our mouths. Hopefully.
Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isn't lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you.








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This was covered in detail in Freakonomics - which is worth reading for anyone who hasn't and is interested in this sort of thing.
Thanks for the mention. :)
Posted by: cephyn | July 3, 2008 1:23 PM