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Steven Levitt: Freakonomics and Quirky Economic Stories

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Hindustan Times

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Partner:: Hindustan Times
Location:: Taj Palace Hotel
New Delhi, India
Event Date:: 12.02.11
Speaker:: Steve Levitt
Tags:: leadership; india; statistics; basic economics; economics; experimental economics; behavioral economics

Summary: Dr. Steven Levitt, University of Chicago Professor of Economics and co-author of Freakonomics, talks quirky economics stories at Day 1 of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2011.

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Steve Levitt

Steve Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory.

Levitt received his BA from Harvard University in 1989 and his PhD from MIT in 1994. He has taught at Chicago since 1997.

In 2004, Levitt was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to the most influential economist under the age of 40. In 2006, he was named one of Time magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World."

Levitt co-authored Freakonomics, which spent over 2 years on the New York Times Best Seller list and has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. SuperFreakonomics, available this October, includes brand new research on topics from terrorism to prostitution to global warming. Levitt is also the co-author of the popular New York Times Freakonomics Blog.

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01.: Introduction

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02.: Studying in Chicago

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03.: Failure at Math

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04.: Becoming an Academic Economist

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05.: Succeeding with No Talent

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06.: Chicago as the Hub of Nobel Prize-Winning Economists

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07.: Alternatives to Free Markets

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08.: The Bank Crisis

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09.: Comprehending Human Motivations

02 min 12 sec

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10.: Terrorism As a Solution?

04 min 20 sec

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11.: Visiting a Slum in India

03 min 10 sec

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12.: Personality and Economic Decisions

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13.: Mafia vs. Prostitute Research

07 min 13 sec

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14.: Students Walking Out of Lectures

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15.: Incentives in Politics

02 min 54 sec

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16.: Reversing Incentives in Big Business

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17.: Being Given Cheap Coffee

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18.: Concluding Remarks

00 min 49 sec

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Freakonomics: What Prostitutes Can Teach About Economics

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Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics, recounts a story of talking economics and business practice with a prostitute while researching for SuperFreakonomics.
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