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To: Lane3 who wrote (4875)	5/12/2005 8:42:53 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7936

Pew Research 2005 Political Typology typology.people-press.org I think they should put something in the middle, or some sort of uncertain, don't know, don't care, N/A ect. answer for the quesions in the survey. Also I don't think Libertarians are well covered by it. I looked at it but I haven't taken it. I started to but then I ran in to some questions I couldn't answer well and stopped.

To: Lane3 who wrote (4875)	5/12/2005 8:51:24 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

Freakonomics: Introduction (a review of the 1st chapter) halfsigma.com Earning an Honest Living If ever there was an industry in need of an Internet revolution, it's real estate. "...By the way, the article is excerpted from an intriguing new book, "Freakonomics" that an alert reader (well, Mom) pointed out in a Wall Street Journal review recently. (4/13, p. D14) Coincidentally, I was recently showing my house to a broker, asking what I could get for it. I thought about offering him a twist on the typical deal: I'd set a price that I'd be happy to take for the house, and I'd give him 50% of whatever he could sell it for above that price, but nothing on the value below that amount. For example, if I priced it at $500k and he sold it for $540, he'd get $20k, but if he sold it for just $10k more he'd get another $5k. Badda-bing: incentive structure tied to small deltas. The hard part would be picking the optimal price that would be both sufficiently attractive to him and maximally profitable for me. The article in Wired gave me an even better idea, and one that would completely avoid the pricing dilemma: brokers should be bidding on the commission cut-off at which they'd be willing to sell a house. No more hollow marketing claims for homeowners to sort through; highest bid wins. Again, the Internet could be the enabler for connecting homeowners and brokers..." runtime.blogspot.com