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| Illegal Contact Does watching football lead to domestic violence? | Ray Fisman | Nov 23, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| Are Men More Competitive Than Women? Don't bet on it. | Ray Fisman | Nov 13, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| Errors in Judgment Were hundreds of criminals given the wrong sentences because lawyers messed up a basic work sheet? | Ray Fisman | Oct 22, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| 400 Percent APR: Is That Good? Do people take out payday loans because they're desperate, or because they don't understand the terms? | Ray Fisman | Jul 22, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| It's Like eBay Meets Match.com Does peer-to-peer lending work? | Ray Fisman | Jun 30, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| A Formula for Success Want more women to study science? Hire more female professors. | Ray Fisman | Jun 05, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| Comparison Shopping The real reason CEO compensation got out of hand. | Ray Fisman | May 11, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| Testing Testing Employment tests may be racially biased—but what if they're less biased than human beings? | Ray Fisman | Mar 03, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| You Can't Put a Price on Friendship Or can you? | Ray Fisman | Jan 23, 2009 | Dismal Science, The |
| The Invisible Hand of God Adam Smith thought competition among religions was a good thing. Does Hanukkah prove him wrong? | Ray Fisman | Dec 19, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| What's In It for Me? How congressmen decided whether to vote for the bailout. | Ray Fisman | Nov 06, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| They Made a Killing Did people who knew about secret, CIA-led coups use that information to game the stock market? | Ray Fisman | Oct 28, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| Will There Be Blood? Will falling oil prices cause civil wars? | Ray Fisman | Oct 20, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| You've Just Been Offered a Great New Job in Charlotte! Too bad you can't sell your house in Tampa. | Ray Fisman | Sep 29, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| But What Does It Mean for the Prostitutes? How the financial crisis affects the oldest profession. | Sudhir Venkatesh | Sep 26, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| Hot for the Wrong Teachers Why are public schools so bad at hiring good instructors? | Ray Fisman | Jul 11, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| The $100 Distraction Device Why giving poor kids laptops doesn't improve their scholastic performance. | Ray Fisman | Jun 05, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| The Pilgrim's Progressiveness Does going to Mecca make Muslims more moderate? | Ray Fisman | Apr 25, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| Going Down Swinging What if three-strikes laws make criminals less likely to repeat offend—but more violent when they do? | Ray Fisman | Mar 20, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| Skinflint Did Eliot Spitzer get caught because he didn't spend enough on prostitutes? | Sudhir Venkatesh | Mar 12, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| The Tiger Woods Effect When he's in the field, everyone else plays worse. How Tiger throws off golf's incentive structure. | Joel Waldfogel | Jan 23, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| Cos and Effect Bill Cosby may be right about African-Americans spending a lot on expensive sneakers—but he's wrong about why. | Ray Fisman | Jan 11, 2008 | Dismal Science, The |
| It Takes a Village … to fail to thank its female leader, no matter how good she is. | Ray Fisman | Nov 27, 2007 | Dismal Science, The |
| An Economist Goes to a Bar And solves the mysteries of dating. | Ray Fisman | Nov 07, 2007 | Dismal Science, The |
| Virtue for Sale Will customers pay more to do good? | Ray Fisman | Oct 19, 2007 | Dismal Science, The |
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