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Rachel Maddow: Frank Schaeffer's Apology

geo321 says...

I don't want to put words in rottenseed's mouth. But there's an interesting chapter in the book Freakonomics (by Dr. D. Levitt and Dr. Stephen J. Dubner)that relates to what was said. An exert: http://freakonomicsbook.com/thebook/ch4.html
The basic premise is that if an unwanted child is brought into the world they are more likely to become a criminal. Thus Roe vs. Wade resulted in a drop in the crime rate.

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Freakanomics: helping society and stopping car theft

One Got Fat (1963 Bicycle Safety)

Queue Escape Level (Sift Talk Post)

Krupo says...

Yeah; interesting side-effect though, the new queue has ballooned to 9 pages today and only a few vids made it to front page since the morning.

Man, this is so much a case of applied economics (like the book Freakonomics) ... I don't know what the point I'm trying to make is, but playing with these variables/cut-offs is interesting nevertheless.



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