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Steven Levitt Quotes

Don’t trust, just verify Picture Quote #1

The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their ability to experiment and commit to the experimentation and innovation process Picture Quote #1

I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers’ unions, and the fact that teachers generally aren’t observed in their classrooms, they can do whatever they want in class Picture Quote #1

As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of doing business Picture Quote #1

You’d be a fool or a deluded idealist to think ethics would be prominent on Wall Street. That is not a statement against people in the money business, just a fact Picture Quote #1

If you really accept that global warming puts the world at risk, then you think you would be open to any solution that could undo it Picture Quote #1

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I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We’ve come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there’s another side to be heard Picture Quote #1

Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry Picture Quote #1

The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it Picture Quote #1

An incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation Picture Quote #1

If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is Picture Quote #1

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work Picture Quote #1

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People who buy annuities, it turns out, live longer than people who don’t, and not because the people who buy annuities are healthier to start with. The evidence suggests that an annuity’s steady payout provides a little extra incentive to keep chugging along Picture Quote #1

Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live Picture Quote #1

The gulf between the information we proclaim and the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing and do another Picture Quote #1

When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently Picture Quote #1

Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done Picture Quote #1

Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories Picture Quote #1

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Don’t trust, just verify (Steven Levitt Quotes) The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their ability to experiment and commit to the experimentation and innovation process. (Steven Levitt Quotes) I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers’ unions, and the fact that teachers generally aren’t observed in their classrooms, they can do whatever they want in class. (Steven Levitt Quotes) As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of doing business. (Steven Levitt Quotes) You’d be a fool or a deluded idealist to think ethics would be prominent on Wall Street. That is not a statement against people in the money business, just a fact. (Steven Levitt Quotes) If you really accept that global warming puts the world at risk, then you think you would be open to any solution that could undo it (Steven Levitt Quotes) I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We’ve come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there’s another side to be heard (Steven Levitt Quotes) Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry (Steven Levitt Quotes) The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it (Steven Levitt Quotes) An incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation (Steven Levitt Quotes) If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is (Steven Levitt Quotes) Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work (Steven Levitt Quotes) People who buy annuities, it turns out, live longer than people who don’t, and not because the people who buy annuities are healthier to start with. The evidence suggests that an annuity’s steady payout provides a little extra incentive to keep chugging along (Steven Levitt Quotes) Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live (Steven Levitt Quotes) The gulf between the information we proclaim and the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing and do another (Steven Levitt Quotes) When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently (Steven Levitt Quotes) Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done (Steven Levitt Quotes) Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories (Steven Levitt Quotes)