Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.
Steven LevittThe data don't lie: a Chicago street prostitute is more likely to have sex with a cop than to be arrested by one.
Steven LevittI do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.
Steven LevittAn incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation
Steven Levitt