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Steven D. Levitt

출생: May 29, 1967 – Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Steven D. Levitt is an American economist and author whose work explores incentives, crime, education, and everyday social behavior through data-driven analysis. Best known for co-authoring Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics with Stephen J. Dubner, he won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2003, and Freakonomics sold millions of copies worldwide.

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Steven D. Levitt built his reputation first inside academic economics and then far beyond it. Educated at Harvard and MIT, he joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1997 and became known for applied microeconomics that used natural experiments to study crime, corruption, education, and other social questions that conventional theory often treated more abstractly. That early work, recognized with the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal, established the pattern that would define his public voice as well: a willingness to ask odd, concrete questions, follow incentives, and let data unsettle received wisdom. ((https://news.uchicago.edu/profile/steven-levitt))

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If you can’t decide, you should always make the change
-To Quit, Force a Moment of Truth
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I think there is a lot to gain from partnerships between cutting edge firms and academic researchers
-Economics study finds volume discounts don’t increase profitability for video games
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I think our findings should change the policy discussion
-Big data gives insight into appeal of services like Uber
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Chicago Price Theory is one of the strongest intellectual traditions at the University
-Rosenfield gift to foster studies drawing on economics, policy and law
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The peak hours for drinking and driving are between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m
-New study by economist Levitt determines risks of fatal crashes, strategies to reduce accidents
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It’s that. We think we know stuff. And then, someone asks you anything and you literally cannot explain anything
-Steve Levitt: I'm Not as Childlike as I'd Like to Be
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So I’ve learned the hard way that you just got to live with who you are and do the most with what you got
-Suzanne Gluck: I'm a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things
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I do love golf. I love golf more than any normal person could
-Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything
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I am one of the worst drivers on the planet. I’m a terrible driver, awful
-The Most Dangerous Machine
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I think there are two things you can do if you don’t like cheating
-Those Cheating Teachers!

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"If Indiana Jones were an economist, he'd be Steven Levitt"

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"Economist Steven Levitt specializes in analyzing offbeat trends"

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"Levitt is regarded as among the most creative thinkers in contemporary economics, gifted at drawing connections among seemingly unrelated forces"

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"Steven Levitt has the most interesting mind in America... Prepare to be dazzled"

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"Steven Levitt was a prize-winning economist whose quirky but revelatory approach to everyday problems had made him famous in academia"

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"Steven Levitt is the most innovative empirical researcher in his cohort"

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"It might appear presumptuous of Steven Levitt to see himself as an all-purpose intellectual detective"

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