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by Steven D. Levitt. 3.52 · 14,359 Ratings · 1,280 Reviews · published 2015 · 51 editions. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the land…. Want to Read. Rate it: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers...
Levitt and Dubner then collaborated on Freakonomics, a book that gives full play to Levitt's most compelling ideas. Through forceful storytelling and sharp insight, it reminds us all that economics is, at its root, the study of incentives-how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
- Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Oct 2, 2006 · “Hard to resist.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Freakonomics is politically incorrect in the best, most essential way.... This is bracing fun of the highest order.” — Kurt Andersen, host of public radio's Studio 360 and author of Turn of the Century “Freakonomics was the ‘It’ book of 2005.” — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know ...
In Freakonomics, a book co-authored by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the authors challenge many of the truisms of today's society and also uncover relationships and details using economics as their tool.
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Freakonomics peaked at number two among nonfiction on The New York Times Best Seller list and was named the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year in the Adult Nonfiction category. The book received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator Metacritic reported the book had an average score of 67 out of 100, based on 16 reviews.
May 19, 2020 · New York Times Book Review. Freakonomics challenges conventional wisdom and makes for fun reading. Book Sense Picks and Notables. Levitt is one of the most notorious economists of our age. Financial Times. If Indiana Jones were an economist, he’d be Steven Levitt… Criticizing Freakonomics would be like criticizing a hot fudge sundae. Wall ...
