Steven Levitt: the Freakonomics of inner-city gangs

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Steven Levitt is an economics professor at the University of Chicago and the best-selling author of Freakonomics. In this talk, filmed at TED2004, he goes inside an inner-city gang to examine economic principles at work in the real world. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 22:00)

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: January 16, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Author: TEDtalksDirector

Length: 00:22:00
Rating: 4.86
Views: 56960

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Video Comments:
AledoCasizzle (November 15, 2008 at 9:13 am)
Someone needs to hammer out that Weak & Shit theory.
EngineMaverick (November 15, 2008 at 8:24 am)
Hey Hitchwatch, read a few books and educate yourself. Levitt may not be the end all say all, however he does raise logical points based on actual statistics and facts. Wheres your thought out and educated statement? All I see is ignorant hate mongering.
Sepero1 (November 2, 2008 at 8:41 am)
At the end-
Explains why the Bank CEO's were still paying themselves huge bonuses even after the Banks were losing money.
hitchwatch (October 31, 2008 at 4:11 pm)
They invented crack because people were already freebasing and pot has been available all along.
hitchwatch (October 31, 2008 at 4:10 pm)
This guy is so overrated. I can't forget all the closet-racist liberals getting excited over his crackpot theory that crimes rates dropped due to black babies being aborted.
flamablesteve (October 28, 2008 at 12:05 am)
"Being in a gang is not a glamorous life."
Wow, this guy must be a genius to have figured that one out.
guidedbyalan (October 27, 2008 at 11:43 pm)
I believe the part you're referring to, he says "you can't smoke powdered cocaine," though it sounds like "you can't smoke pot or cocaine."
gyneve (October 26, 2008 at 6:30 am)
agreed.
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carign (October 12, 2008 at 7:02 pm)
Very interesting !