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The 2003 NYT article
Freakonomics: What Went Wrong?
A Review of Freakonomics
Dismal Science
Freak-Freakonomics
The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime: Comment
The Abortion–Crime Link: Evidence from England and Wales
The Impact of an Abortion Ban on Socioeconomic Outcomes of Children: Evidence from Romania
Did Legalized Abortion Lower Crime?
On the Choice of Control Variables in the Crime Equation
Steven Levitt on Abortion and Crime: Old Economics in New Bottles
The Impact Of Legalized Abortion On Crime
The Great American Mystery Story: Why Did Crime Decline?
Is There an iCrime Wave?
The Great Crime Decline
The Crime Drop in America
10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline
What Caused the Crime Decline?
Freaks and Geeks: How Freakonomics is ruining the dismal science.
Interesting Questions in Freakonomics
Incentives And The Economic Point Of View: The Case Of Popular Economics
Abortion and Crime in Australia

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