Freakonomics: The Column
Since June 2005, Dubner and Levitt have been writing a “Freakonomics” column for The New York Times Magazine, about everything from the root causes of talent to getting doctors to wash their hands. Click here for an archive of all the published articles.

Below are some other Freakonomics-related articles or excerpts, including (at the bottom of the list), the N.Y. Times Magazine profile that Dubner wrote about Levitt and which led to Freakonomics being written in the first place.

“The Search for 100 Million Missing Women,” Slate, May 24, 2005.

“Do Parents Matter?” USA Today, May 3, 2005.

“Cracking the Real Estate Code,” Wired, May 2005.

“Why Drug Dealers Live With Their Moms,” L.A. Times, April 24, 2005.

“Trading Up,” Slate, April 12, 2005.

“A Roshanda By Any Other Name,” Slate, April 11, 2005.

“Blackonomics at Harvard,” N.Y. Times Magazine, March 20, 2005.

“What the Bagel Man Saw,” N.Y. Times Magazine, June 6, 2004.

“The Economist of Odd Questions,” N.Y. Times Magazine, Aug. 3, 2003.