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Viver Brasil - A World Rhythm's Favorite!

levittpavilionpasadena wrote 4 days ago: Viver Brasil Dance Company performed at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena on July 10. The feedback from t … more →

Tags: World Rhythm's, Viver!, Brasil, Dance, Company, Brazil, copoeira

SPIN Magazine's music network SPIN EARTH features Spring Standards tour

levittpavilionpasadena wrote 5 days ago: The Spring Standards current tour, which includes a stop at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena, has been h … more →

Tags: Patchwork of America, spring, Standards, Pavilion, Pasadena, spin, Earth, Magazine, Indie

Lest we forget...

manila58 wrote 3 weeks ago: …others who contributed as much, or more, than Michael Jackson before they died earlier this y … more →

Tags: Celebrities, Events, Inspiration, media, andrew wyeth, Bea Arthur, David Carradine, Franklin, John Updike

Hide! It's the Intelligencia Elite!1 comment

¿W? wrote 1 month ago: Am I really going to have the audacity to rant about this? Yes, I am. See, there’s a differenc … more →

Tags: Life and Death, rants, Bill Gates, Dostoyevsky, freakonomics, intelligence, intel.ligència, obama, Paris Hilton

Stem cell treatment availability in the US, FDA regulations, ASCTA, Freakonomics and Roe V. Wade1 comment

David Granovsky wrote 3 months ago: You Can't Get There From Here Adult Stem Cell Treatment Availability in the US There are preciou … more →

Tags: All Articles, STEM CELLS IN THE NEWS, ascta, Cell, drug, dubner, FDA, freakonomics, Malcolm

Helen Levitt

whitenoiseofeverydaylife wrote 3 months ago: Helen Levitt, one of the most famous US street photographers, died last weekend aged 95. Many good o … more →

Tags: Photography, New York

Feakonomics Author Levitt Joins Obama Administration

bobbyksa wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: Politics, freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, obama

Some readings

Tan A K wrote 3 months ago: I have been hoping to post more commentaries of my own than readings lately but I’m on a tight … more →

Tags: Editorial, Readings, Mark to Market, Roubini, China, andrew ross sorkin, Dollar, Wall Street, toxic assets

(Bio)ethics and economics, some definitions of economics

kevin wrote 4 months ago: Today and tomorrow is the 2009 Bioethics Conference and it’s hosted here! Was a little late in … more →

Tags: Essay, Post, Bioethics, Economics, ethics, mankiw

Better Philanthrophy - ideas wanted

Soumitri Varadarajan wrote 4 months ago: So this past week I raged about the ‘putting pipes in the ground’ approach of a corporat … more →

Tags: aid, philanthrophy, Maren, freakonomics

Madoff Records Are "Utterly Unreliable"

broadcatching wrote 5 months ago: Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff’s ability to avoid scrutiny from U.S. regulators for … more →

Tags: Arthur Levitt, banking crisis, bernie madoff, Carlyle Group, Christopher Cox, ponzi scheme, wall street fraud, Carlyle, cox

Quote of the Week: Everybody Love-Hates Twilight4 comments

ramblingperfectionist wrote 6 months ago: Including Steven Levitt. Every single one of the comments on that post essentially say that the book … more →

Tags: Books, Movie, pop culture, Quote of the week, freakonomics, twilight, VAMPIRE

What We Can Do To Cope With Recession AND Live Better: Downsize6 comments

Shane Waggoner wrote 6 months ago: Our economic recession was ignited by a mortgage crisis. Behind the wheel of the mortgage crisis, a … more →

Tags: Architecture, Dwelling, etc., Philosophy of Dwelling, the series, Popular Culture, Cities, consumer, consumption, downsize, downsizing

Levitt, Freakonomics

BravoBox wrote 6 months ago:             The seemy underside of statistics, an interesting read for it’s conjecture and sp … more →

Tags: Economics, freakonomics, pop culture, Books, Reading

Most Popular Baby Names Fun

envirostats wrote 7 months ago: The top names given to American babies for 2007 were: #   Male – Female (includes variations) … more →

Tags: Public Opinion, Demographics, Nova Scotia, Canada, united states, Lifestyle, statistics, social issues, Personal reflection

Layoffs on the Rise (FOX Business Video)

Randall Reese wrote 7 months ago: Brian Levitt from Oppenheimer Funds weighs in on what to expect from the job reports. more about … more →

Tags: Bankruptcy and Restructuring News, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, News, Bankrupt, Video, Fox-business, Fox News, Layoffs

Journey to the New - why art sucks7 comments

barryshapiro wrote 8 months ago: Well, I did make it to the city and I did go to see the Elizabeth Peyton show at the new New Museum. … more →

Tags: Art, Elizabeth Peyton, Mary Heilmann, The New Museum

The flaw of "common knowledge" exposed by data

Stephen Dill wrote 10 months ago: It took me 3 years to realize the value of Freakonomics, the book published in 2005 by the economist … more →

Tags: observations, Bittman, Car Seats, dubner, new public education, TED Talks

Freakonomics

Kathy Andersen wrote 11 months ago: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Steph … more →

Tags: nonfiction, freakonomics, dubner, Connections, Interrelated, Economics


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