If I were one of you folks near Chicago, I’d be heading out tonight to hear Jessica Hagy promote her book at Quimby’s bookstore. Hagy’s blog, indexed, is one of my favorites, especially this one about my Husband.
Gang Leader for a Day and Freakonomics have an obvious genealogical relationship. Levitt, self-described “rogue economist” co-author of Freakonomics, and Venkatesh, self-described “rogue sociologist” author of GLFAD, have collaborated on much-discussed papers using very unique data on the finances of a gang. The story of how the data came into Venkatesh’s possession is [...]
(Book available here.)
1. If you are going to test a survey in an obviously dangerous public housing project, do not have your first question be arguably the worst survey question I have ever seen. (here)
2. If you hear a person planning a drive-by shooting of another person, you are under a legal–as well [...]
Or, would you prefer traditional peer review? Which do you think would most improve your manuscript?
See this article in today’s Chronicle.
I like listening to books-on-tape in the car. This is probably because I’m getting older and can’t stand most of the music played for “kids these days” on the radio. I wouldn’t mind listening to more talk radio if I could find someone who shared my biases. Even that darn NPR is [...]
While Tina and I are not exactly sure what is going to happen with this blog, one thing we have mutually resolved at the outset is that we will not let any kind of aspiration for it compromise its spirit. And in this spirit, I offer as recommended reading: The Underachiever’s Manifesto, by Ray [...]
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