NYT Article on Identity Theft

The NYT magazine today ran an article about identity theft. It put the crime in perspective, without the usual hype while still emphasizing its seriousness. The article, Identity Crisis, was well researched with some good numbers to back up its contention that there's a lot of unnecessary panic surrounding identity theft.

The article was by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, authors of the best-selling book Freakonomics. The research for the column comes from their web site.