Steven E Landsburg was born on February 24,1954 and is an American professor of economics at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
12 Facts About Steven Landsburg
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Steven Landsburg received a PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1979.
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Steven Landsburg wrote a column on "everyday economics" for Slate magazine from 1996 to 2008.
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Steven Landsburg discussed recent research in micro-economics and its implications, as in an article on the value of mobile phones and driving, the cost of motherhood, and whether or not daughters cause divorce.
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Steven Landsburg addressed legal issues: in a Slate column from 2003, he proposed punishing jurors when a jury's decision is later "proven" to be wrong, such as when an acquitted defendant later admits to committing the crime.
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Steven Landsburg has been particularly critical of mainstream environmentalism, having devoted both Slate columns and book chapters to criticize environmentalist principles.
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Steven Landsburg has reviewed popular economics books Freakonomics and The Undercover Economist for the Wall Street Journal.
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Steven Landsburg has spoken at many distinguished events and in February 2012 he spoke at Warwick Economics Summit and the Adam Smith Institute in the United Kingdom.
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In March 2012, Steven Landsburg supported some of pop radio personality Rush Limbaugh's attacks against a Georgetown University student, Sandra Fluke Fluke spoke before Congress advocating mandating birth control coverage in some insurance programs, citing their use in preventing ovarian cysts.
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Steven Landsburg teaches intermediate and advanced microeconomics at the University of Rochester.
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For several years, Steven Landsburg served on the board of directors of Hutchinson Technology, a manufacturer of suspension assemblies for disk drives.
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Steven Landsburg has one daughter, named Cayley, who was featured in his book Fair Play.