Freakonomics meets The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/freakonomist-keeps-close-eye-on-ge-stock-versus-he,17202/

Freakonomics etc

This little piece from the U.Chicago Magazine has a nice little discussion of the Freakonomics approach centering on Jim Heckman's [critical] view. I have read some really good pieces in that publication. Shame we don't have anything remotely equivalent.

http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0910/features/chicago_schooled.shtml#sumo

Superfreakonomics

Levitt and Dubner will likely make a lot of money from this book. It has attracted a high degree of controversy and comment already. The initial exchanges between Levitt and Krugman give a feel for where this might go - link here (via Mankiw). Tyler Cowen gives it a qualified thumbs-up