Steven Levitt

cultural roots the name comes from because children are going to be discriminated against for various other things. Plenty of research has been conducted explaining how names have a short term and/or a long term effect on people. Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt showed a study comparing black and white names to their social class. Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan researched names in a way of getting a job,…

with a human of a different cultural background to aid me understand the differences between their cultures and mine. Yet, after reading a book called Freakonomics: A Rouge Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything in which the author, Steven Levitt explains about the actions of black children and how their actions were perceived among other blacks: “…Black kids who study calculus and ballet are thought to be ‘acting white’” (187). One cultural difference that is not well understood by…

Abortion has been one of the most talked about conservancy 's in the world. Is it cruel and considered Murder? or is it completely fine and a way to run away from responsibilities in life. The debate whether or not abortion should be legal has expanded since the US supreme court case Roe vs. Wade. This case declared that the Abortion procedure is a “Fundamental right” this action was ruled in 1973. There are two sides and groupes of this conflict. pro life groups see abortion as immoral…

Behavioral Economics truly defines why economics is deemed a social science. Economics meets psychology: these studies combine to create a unified study of behaviors behind economic thought and decisions individuals make. Behavioral economics became popular in the late 70’s, where individuals such as Daniel Kahneman a Nobel Prize winner and Amos Tversky who worked closely with Kahneman, painted the world with possibilities and insights to the fairly new economic study of behavioral economics.…

A Voice for the Voiceless On January 23, 1973, a radical decision was made that would determine the fate of millions of people. In Texas, a young pregnant women argued that illegalizing abortion is unconstitutional. After a heated debate, the United States Supreme Court finally ruled that abortion is unconstitutional. Today, because of this one ruling, millions of potential lives have been destroyed, and because of this, it is necessary for the people of America to bond together to protest…

Listening is arguably one of the most important skills to have, yet so many people do not know how to truly listen. When it comes to learning and understanding communication, most of our time is spent focused on only one side of communication, expression. Expression being how we represent ourselves in the written or spoken form. Very little of our energy goes in to the most important aspect of communication; being a better listener. Listening is a vital part of communication, and responsible…

(Guttmatcher). This shows how people are not taking an abortion serious enough. They are taught that the baby is not a living person, but a tissue and so they do not think it is that big of a deal to abort the baby. Along with Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt, PhD, wrote that after abortion was legalized, “Conceptions rose by nearly 30 percent, but births actually fell by 6 percent, indicating that many women were using abortion as a method of birth control, a crude and drastic sort of…

Over three thousand human beings each day in the United States are being deprived of experiencing life due to abortion. The procedure involves terminating a pregnancy so that the baby is not born. Medical abortion requires taking an abortion pill while surgical abortion involves an operation to remove the fetus from the uterus. Even through the heavy controversy, 1.21 million women today are taking part in the process every year. The fact that women have the right to decide what to do with…

As discussed in lecture, homicide refers to the interaction between two people that results in the intentional death of one of the individuals. When analyzing homicide through Douglas’s (1997) lens, homicide can be a communicative act of aggression that can be traced back to the interactions of the two individuals. This approach provides us with a framework to trace the sequences of event that can influence a person to commit such violent act. This framework can help us understand gang homicides…

After hearing about different opinions regarding cable news, I found myself becoming more curious about bias in the media, especially within CNN and Fox News, the two most popular cable news channels. What I wanted to know is: how biased are CNN and Fox News? Most people are aware that CNN tends to lean more liberal and Fox News leans more conservative. However, through my research, I learned that the perception of bias in the media is based on relativity. Furthermore, I found that it is best to…