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Emerging Risks to America's Financial Stability

SuperFreakonomics co-author Steven Levitt shared stories from his book during the Simon Conference in NYC on Emerging Risks to America's Financial Stability on May 19 at the Sentry Center. Levitt studied the economics of street prostitution and the results were shocking. "We looked at how these women make choices and found that the decision is much more financial that moral," Levitt said. "Prostitution is the worst job in America."

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