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| April 12, 2005 |
A very different kind of shanda
That would be "Roshanda," courtesy of Slate's excerpt of "A Roshanda by Any Other Name," from the absolutely brilliant book Freakonomics.
 What is this essay? What is this book?
The essay is discussing the marked difference in "black" names and "white" ones and what impact, if any, that plays in their social chances. The book is an explanation of... well, everything. OK, not everything, but many, many things.
Steven D Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the resident freakonomists, explore the following topics:
What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common?
How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents?
Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms?
Where Have All the Criminals Gone?
What Makes a Perfect Parent?
That's only the first five chapters. Luckily, Slate will be running more excerpts (plus what's on the book's own website). I've got a request in for a review copy, so hopefully I'll have more to say later.
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