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A Few More Reflections on the SAALT South Asian Summit
I was so impressed by the four recipients of the SAALT ChangeMaker awards on Friday night. You can read about them here. Each of them was courageous, articulate, and wise beyond their years. And of co… more →
The South Asian Philanthropy Project
Freakonomics » Adventures in Ideas: Sex Workers of the World, Unite! An Interview With Maxine Doogan
wrote 1 month ago: Freak Readers, It is my distinct pleasure to introduce Maxine Doogan, from the Erotic Service Provid … more →
Gangsters and Hobbes
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wrote 5 months ago: At the recommendation of a friend, I recently began reading a book called “Gang Leader for a Day” wh … more →
Venkatesh responds some more
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wrote 5 months ago: This time via the Freakonomics blog, where he says that all of this is stupid and discusses his view … more →
Tommy Lasorda won't vote for Mike Piazza for Hall of Fame
wrote 5 months ago: Ok. He only said he wouldn’t vote for Bonds, Clemens, and Sosa. But since Mike Piazza also adm … more →
Evan Kafka's Portrait of Sudhir Venkatesh Featured in The New York Times Sunday Paper
wrote 5 months ago: Evan Kafka‘s portrait of Sudhir Venkatesh was featured on the front page of the Metropolitan S … more →
Venkatesh in the news
wrote 5 months ago: Columbia sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh was in the news on Friday, not for being a “rogue sociol … more →
The Next Ray Allen (and Columbia Professors in the News)
wrote 5 months ago: The Celtics are frustrating–not only are they not playing well, they’re kinda dull on th … more →
Why shouldn't serious stuff be entertaining?
wrote 5 months ago: Are academic writers allowed to write entertaining books? I tend to side with the guy who is under s … more →
Review: Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
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wrote 10 months ago: Title: Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets Author: Venkatesh, Sudhir Nar … more →
From the archives: Gang Leader For a Day
wrote 1 year ago: Author’s note: Between July 2010 and February 2011, I wrote a series of posts for the Underblog of t … more →
Steven Levitt on the economics of crack
wrote 1 year ago: I discovered this old clip of Steven Leavitt presenting a study he did Sudhir Venkatesh on the econo … more →
Sudhir Venkatesh's Gang Leader for a Day
wrote 1 year ago: Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a compulsively readable bo … more →
Gang Leader for a Day – Book Review
wrote 1 year ago: Just finished reading this book. I had first heard about this book when I saw Sudhir Venkatesh as a … more →
Hot post this week (Oct. 28)
wrote 1 year ago: Hot post this week (Oct. 28) US Administration tacit green light: Power in the Middle-East shared by … more →
Why do drug dealers still live with their mothers? Who is Sudhir Venkatesh?
wrote 1 year ago: Why do drug dealers still live with their mothers? Who is Sudhir Venkatesh? Sudhir Venkatesh was bor … more →
Last building at Cabrini-Green, public housing resources.
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wrote 2 years ago: The last building of the Cabrini Green housing project will demolished Monday. Karl Klockars has a t … more →
Edged Out of Times Square and Off Craigslist, Prostitutes Turn to Facebook
wrote 2 years ago: A survey of sex workers in New York City finds that 83% of prostitutes have a Facebook page, which a … more →
Facebook + Hookers = The Perfect Super Bowl Ad Concept
wrote 2 years ago: Dear John, Columbia University sociology professor, Sudhir Venkatesh, found in a study that 83 perce … more →
Egypt, Chris Matthews, and the changing face of prostitution as well as politics
wrote 2 years ago: Insty does not shy away from “risque” topics such as prostitution, and via him I found t … more →
