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The Freakonomics of Tenure

The ever-simmering question of whether the tenure system should be reformed recently lit up the blogosphere, ignited by an online essay from the (tenured) professor Steven D. Levitt, co-author of the publishing phenomenon Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and the popular blog Freakonomics. When Levitt posted "Let's Just Get Rid of Tenure...

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