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FreakonomicsConservatives were enraged that abortion could be construed as a crime-fighting tool. Liberals were aghast that poor and black women were singled out. Economists grumbled that LevittБЂ™s methodology was not sound. As the media gorged on the abortion-crime story, Levitt came under direct assault. He was called an ideologue (by conservatives and liberals alike), a eugenicist, a racist, and downright evil. In reality, he seems to be very much none of those. He has little taste for politics and even less for moralizing. He is genial, low-key and unflappable, confident but not cocky. He speaks with a considerable lisp. His appearance is High Nerd: a plaid button-down shirt, nondescript khakis and a braided belt, brown sensible shoes. His pocket calendar is branded with the National Bureau of Economic Research logo. БЂњI wish he would get more than three haircuts a year,БЂ«says his wife, Jeannette, БЂњand that he wasnБЂ™t still wearing the same glasses he got fifteen years ago, which werenБЂ™t even in fashion then.БЂ«He was a good golfer in high school but has so physically atrophied that he calls himself БЂњthe weakest human being aliveБЂ«and asks Jeannette to open jars around the house ...» |
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