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    Ben Jauquet Brooke Dyer English Comp 82813 November 7 2014 Annotated Bibliography: College Tuition Ayres‚ Ian. "Why California’s Tuition Hike Might Be a Good Thing." Freakonomics RSS. Freakonomics‚ 23 Nov. 2009. Web. 07 Nov. 2014. According to this article the gap in college has become larger as of late because of students financial situations. Public universities cost on average one forth of private universities. The wealthier students benefit from this because of the way financial aid operates

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    in states that allowed abortion earlier. Because "women who have abortions are those most at risk to give birth to children who would engage in criminal activity‚" stated by Steven D. Levitt on a study‚ that he had co-written on a book‚ called Freakonomics. This procedure can help people have insight on their future and who they bring into the world if they’re ready. Previously mentioned evidence explains what happened when abortion was illegal‚ will this happen again if abortion is

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    Cheating in The Social Network The movie The Social Network depicted the story behind the creation and growth of Facebook. The founder of the website‚ Mark Zuckerberg was named in a lawsuit filed by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss‚ accusing him of stealing the idea for Facebook from them and collecting a large amount of money in the subsequent success of the website. In considering the accusation of whether Zuckerberg was ‘stealing‚’ the concepts of asymmetry and incentives are discussed here.

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    for disease controland prevention 2010 were undergone by women who had three or more previous abortions (Abortion.ProCon.org‚2016). This information suggest that many women are taking advantage of abortion by using it as a contraceptive method. Freakonomics coauthor Steven Levitt‚ Phd‚ wrote that after abortion was legalized “conceptions rose by nearly 30 percent‚ but births actually fell by 6 percent” (Abortion. ProCon.org). This indicates that not only are women using abortion as a sort of crude

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    a Five-City Social Experiment. University of Chicago Law Review 73: 271-320. 4) Kahan‚ D.M. (1997) Social Influence‚ Social Meaning and Deterrence. Virginia Law Review‚ Vol. 83‚ No.2. Mar‚ pp. 349-395. 5) Levitt‚ S. D.‚ & Dubner‚ S. J. (2005). Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. New York‚ William Morrow. 6) Messner‚ S. F.‚ Galea‚ S.‚ Tardiff‚ K. J.‚ Tracy‚ M.‚ Bucciarelli‚ A.‚ Piper‚ T. M. and Vlahov‚ D. (2007). Policing‚ drugs‚ and the homicide decline in New

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    Fat Tax: Beneficial to the reduction of obesity‚ or infringement on basic rights? Meredith Johnson Economics: An Applied Public Policy and Social Science Analysis Todd Larsen 12/12/13 Introduction Mirna “Minnie” Ortiz is a lot like most 16 year olds; she likes doing fun things like hanging out with her friends‚ watching television and planning for the future ahead of her (“One patient’s story”‚ par. 1). But unfortunately for Minnie‚ she is the only person her age that has

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    Forgive and Forget Student Debt? As Graduation comes near we all like to believe that our careers begin debt free behind that glass door‚ we turn the knob and all our extensive work will have paid off. When in fact‚ the glass door shatters and the student faces reality of paying back student loans. There is little dispute today that the number of students who have student loan debt has increased. Kayla Webley‚ article “Is Forgiving Student Loan Debt a Good Idea” touched on a topic that I too soon

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    Joseph H. “A pointless lament for crack dealer.” Headway 9.10 (1997) Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. El Camino Coll Lib.‚ Torrance‚ CA. 22 Sep‚ 2009. Henderson‚ Jeff. Cooked. New York Times Bestseller‚ 2007. Levitt‚ Steven and Dubner‚ Stephen. Freakonomics. New York Times Bestseller‚ 2005. McMahon‚ Jeff. “1A Lesson #1 for Cooked”. Herculodge.typepad.com. July‚ 2009. El Camino Coll Lib.‚ Torrance‚ CA. 22 Sep‚ 2009.

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    recession (The economy is showing signs in all markets‚ that the recovering isn’t coming anytime soon.)‚ Retrieved from http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/recovering-from-a-balance-sheet-recession/?ref=economy Wolfers‚ J. (2011‚ June 22). Freakonomics. The feds wishful thinking (and wrong thinking) about unemployment‚ Retrieved from

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    is necessary for our right to bear arms to not be infringed. Guns‚ when allowed to be carried by citizens‚ can cause a decrease in crime. “If a criminal thinks his potential victim may be armed‚ he may be deterred from committing the crime” (Freakonomics) The right to bear arms is necessary because it is constitutionally protected under the second amendment‚ leads to safer communities‚ offers personal protection‚ and because gun control is essentially impossible and would only lead to a false

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