Sociology Videos

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner talk about their book, SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. This program was recorded in collaboration with the Commonwealth Club of California, on November 4, 2009. With Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner revealed the good, bad, ugly and super freaky of the world around us. The freakquel is here. Back with more than pop-culture trivia, Inforum's next 21st Century Visionary Award recipients are ready to revolutionize our understanding of causality in an incredibly interconnected world. - Commonwealth Club of California Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author and journalist who lives in New York City. He is the co-author, with Steven D. Levitt, of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. He is also the author of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family (1998), Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper (2003), and a children's book, The Boy With Two Belly Buttons (2007). Steve Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. Levitt received his BA from Harvard University in 1989 and his PhD from MIT in 1994. He has taught at Chicago since 1997. In 2004, Levitt was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to the most influential economist under the age of 40. In 2006, he was named one of Time magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World." Alan Murray is a Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal and Executive Editor for the Journal Online. He also has editorial responsibility for Wall Street Journal television, books, conferences, and the MarketWatch web site.

Lou talks about the 5 rules for CEO's to succeed.

This is a cool and informative video. I think that it is well worth your time. It is about sociology and social networks.

Harvey Molotch, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, Sociology, New York University: "Subway to Security: Encounters, Worries, and Their Devices," November 6, 2009. Sponsored by the Working Group on Law, Place, and Space.

Lou explaines what life and love is all about.

A Closer Look: A Notre Dame sociology professor has been tracking the faith of young adults. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports.

http://www.LaRouchePAC.com Weekly strategic updates with LaRouchePAC Economics Chief John Hoefle and LaRouchePAC Counterintelligence Chief Jeff Steinberg.

Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University and author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, gives examples of cognitive illusions that help illustrate why we make predictably irrational decisions.