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indicator.
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Books are an indicator of intelligence because people with more books in there house tend to have smarter parents. And thus the kids are smarter as well
Economics is above all a science of measurement.
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does have a worse life outcome
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but many parents, whether they realize it or not, like the sound of names that sound “successful.”
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“summer setback”
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an unmarried, low-income, undereducated teenage mother from a black neighborhood who has a distinctively black name herself.
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whose hand happens to be holding the gun.
Steven D. Levitt • Freakonomics Rev Ed
An expert doesn’t so much argue the various sides of an issue as plant his flag firmly on one side. That’s because an expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn’t get much attention.
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This is because people often see confidence as a predictor of knowledge
But statistically, they gained no academic benefit by changing schools.