Freakonomics Blog » An Obituary You Probably Won’t Read Elsewhere

Freakonomics Blog » An Obituary You Probably Won’t Read Elsewhere:

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I once bought a house from a man named Michael Levine, a musician who scores movies, TV shows, etc. Afterward, we became e-mail pals. Last year, when Freakonomics was first published, he wrote to say that Levitt’s research reminded him a good bit of his father’s research. His father, Solomon B. Levine, was also an economist:

My dad (now 84) was an expert on Japanese labor relations, a somewhat narrower field than Levitt’s but equally full of surprising truths that were in opposition to conventional wisdom.

This is a pretty interesting and quick read, and another example of conventional wisdom being put out on it's ear once again (an idea that I advocate as often as I can).

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