addendum to previous post

Note: I realize that there is a significant "aside" when I start talking about work in economic history post-Fogel. I want to reiterate that these are sketches of my argument which will be developed more soon.

And as always, I welcome comments.

EDIT: Out of curiosity I just googled "radical Freakonomics" and apparently that phrase can be found nowhere else on the internet. I wish I could take credit for it, but I can't -- it belongs to a fellow grad student, who may or may not want credit for it.