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I lost respect for freakonomics and their analysis a while ago. What I used to find pointed and creative I now see as willfully ignoring elemebts of reality to

by avs733 8y ago

I lost respect for freakonomics and their analysis a while ago. What I used to find pointed and creative I now see as willfully ignoring elemebts of reality to come to some conclusion that is notable mostly for it's faux-contrarian 'creativity.' they, along with Malcolm Gladwell, some take a complex issue...use complexity to dismiss existing reductivist solutions...and then substitute their own equally reductivist conclusion. Add in that suddenly after Koch industries became a sponsor of their radio show/podcast they did a total softball interview of one of the Koch brothers with no disclaimer that they were a sponsor

jahewson 8y ago
I enjoyed the Charles Koch interview, sure it wasn't hard-hitting journalism - it was about him and personal philosophy. I hadn't heard about the sponsorship but it turns out that's because it's not true: https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?l...
CrowFly 8y ago
Hey @dang -- given that what "avs733" says is completely untrue and it is a lie meant to damage the people behind Freakonomics, can you 1.) Remove this parent post and 2.) Ban this user for intentionally spreading malicious lies. Thank you. https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?l...
MagicPropmaker 8y ago
This > Add in that suddenly after Koch industries became a sponsor of their radio show/podcast they did a total softball interview of one of the Koch brothers with no disclaimer that they were a sponsor is simply untrue. https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?l... What's your agenda? Who pays you?
hindsightbias 8y ago
They always put the glib in glibertarian. Particularly liked their take on climate change: “sure it exists, but there’s no way governments can solve the problem - but if we give corporations trillions and trillions of dollars we can engineer a solution”
scarface74 8y ago
So do you have a specific example with research that you would like to cite that’s contrary to an episode?
pzone 8y ago
What is the point here? Pointing out the damaging and paradoxical effects of rent control is mainstream economic fare, not contrarian or particularly creative.

by avs733 8y ago

jahewson 8y ago

I enjoyed the Charles Koch interview, sure it wasn't hard-hitting journalism - it was about him and personal philosophy. I hadn't heard about the sponsorship but it turns out that's because it's not true: https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?l...

CrowFly 8y ago

Hey @dang -- given that what "avs733" says is completely untrue and it is a lie meant to damage the people behind Freakonomics, can you 1.) Remove this parent post and 2.) Ban this user for intentionally spreading malicious lies. Thank you. https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?l...

MagicPropmaker 8y ago

This > Add in that suddenly after Koch industries became a sponsor of their radio show/podcast they did a total softball interview of one of the Koch brothers with no disclaimer that they were a sponsor is simply untrue. https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonomics/status/938505933508038658?l... What's your agenda? Who pays you?

hindsightbias 8y ago

They always put the glib in glibertarian. Particularly liked their take on climate change: “sure it exists, but there’s no way governments can solve the problem - but if we give corporations trillions and trillions of dollars we can engineer a solution”

scarface74 8y ago

So do you have a specific example with research that you would like to cite that’s contrary to an episode?

pzone 8y ago

What is the point here? Pointing out the damaging and paradoxical effects of rent control is mainstream economic fare, not contrarian or particularly creative.