tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930474554560608100.post7424171323316934527..comments2022-03-24T08:17:52.047-07:00Comments on Pandu Nayak's ruminations: Thugs watching The WirePandu Nayakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13339144742641325684noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930474554560608100.post-36450477166481556012008-01-22T09:46:00.000-08:002008-01-22T09:46:00.000-08:00Interesting character Mr. Venkatesh - in the lates...Interesting character Mr. Venkatesh - in the latest Economist, he is delving deep into another underworld area of interest. <BR/><BR/>http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10533877<BR/><BR/>To pique your interest, here's an excerpt:<BR/><BR/>"The star attraction there was Steven Levitt, an economics professor at the University of Chicago and co-author of “Freakonomics”, a best-selling book. Mr Levitt presented preliminary findings* from a study conducted with Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociologist at Columbia University. Their research on the economics of street prostitution combines official arrest records with data on 2,200 “tricks” (transactions), collected by Mr Venkatesh in co-operation with sex workers in three Chicago districts."<BR/><BR/>AVAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795340199306866533noreply@blogger.com