Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

· Penguin UK
4.4
106 reviews
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'A sensation ... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph


'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell

WITH A NEW FOREWORD CELEBRATING 20 YEARS SINCE PUBLICATION

Assume nothing, question everything.

This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon.

Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

'Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next' Wall Street Journal


Ratings and reviews

4.4
106 reviews
Clive Mason
October 6, 2014
UPDATE: I managed to open this book on a new device (nexus 7) and now it works fine across all devices. It used to work fine but now says I have to be online, even when I am online! Doesn't open in a web browser either.
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Jason Jones
November 10, 2014
Bought the physical version and thought it was really interesting, good if you're studying any relating areas
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Mr.Abdala L
July 26, 2018
Nothing groundbreaking or deep is in this book. Read a summary of you find any.
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About the author

Steven D. Levitt (Author)
Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark medal, given to the most influential American economist under the age of forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.

Stephen J. Dubner (Author)
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career - as an almost-rock-star - to become a writer. He has worked for The New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He lives with his family in New York City.

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