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  • Pimps Up, Hos Down

    Getting Truly Freaky with Economics

    By Sheila, 3:37 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008, 748 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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    Freakonomics author Steven Levitt and Columbia sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh are working on a new study about the economics of street prostitution in Chicago. Some preliminary findings: "During warm weather holidays, Washington Park attracts a number of family reunions which also happen to drive up demand for prostitutes."

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    The Fried-Chicken/Gyro Lobby Works Incredibly Hard These Days

    Your headline of the morning: "Politician Blames Neighborhood Crime on Pizza Sales."
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    Best Paragraph? More Like Third Quartile!

    Freaknomics author Stephen Dubner says this is "The Best Paragraph You'll Read All Week." Really, Stephen Dubner? Perhaps you could use some more varied reading materials.

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