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FreakonomicsБЂњI donБЂ™t necessarily know yet how IБЂ™d go about it. But given the right data, I have little doubt that I could figure out the answer.БЂ«It might seem absurd for an economist to dream of catching terrorists. Just as it must have seemed absurd if you were a Chicago schoolteacher, called into an office and told that, ahem, the algorithms designed by that skinny man with thick glasses had determined that you are a cheater. And that you are being fired. Steven Levitt may not fully believe in himself, but he does believe in this: teachers and criminals and real-estate agents may lie, and politicians, and even CIA analysts. But numbers donБЂ™t. БЂ”THE N EW Y ORK T IMES M AGAZINE, AUGUST 3, 2003 1 What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? Imagine for a moment that you are the manager of a day-care center. You have a clearly stated policy that children are supposed to be picked up by 4 p.m. But very often parents are late. The result: at dayБЂ™s end, you have some anxious children and at least one teacher who must wait around for the parents to arrive ...» |
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