Wednesday, July 26, 2006

The business of influence

The podcasts at the University of Chicago are fascinating. Here is from Steven Levitt.

Steven Levitt, Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and author of the New York Times bestseller Freakonomics, regaled the students with cases from his research. One example illustrated why Chicago emphasizes the importance of hard data for all kinds of decision-making.

MP3 File