Keep the Economy Underground

(published in NYTimes.com, Jan. 16, 2010)

Sudhir discusses the importance of informal trading to Haiti's recovery. Click here to read.

Freakanomics Blog: 2009 Hate Crime Report

(published in NYTimes.com, Dec. 14, 2009)

Sudhir discusses patterns in the FBI's 2008 data on hate crimes. Click here to read.

SuperFreakonomics Book Club: Sudhir Venkatesh Answers Your Prostitution Questions

(published in NYTimes.com, Dec. 1, 2009)

Click here to read Sudhir's answers to questions from NY Times readers.

Can't find work? Try looking for cash.

(published in Marketplace, September 25, 2009)

A lot of people are still searching for work and collecting unemployment. But that isn't stopping them from hunting for cash in unusual ways.

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Feeling Too Down to Rise Up

(published in NYTimes.com, March 28, 2009)

In Chicago, during the summer of 1992, I watched a rally explode into a riot. Unruly public housing tenants were protesting high prices at local grocery stores. A request to speak with a manager turned into shouts and screams when the proprietor was spotted scurrying out the back door. In minutes, bottles flew overhead, gangs began shooting indiscriminately, people shouted for the heads of the management, and mothers scrambled to shelter infants from flying glass and bullets. In the eyes of the rioters, I could see both anger and euphoria.

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