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It’s the freakonomy, stupid?

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Writing about: BBC NEWS | Education | Chancellor gives books to pupils

Children starting primary and secondary schools in England are to receive free books to help raise reading levels.

What a curious choice. This was one of the things which Levitt specifically addressed in Freakonomics, demonstrating that it made no difference to the levels of literacy.