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Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner · first published 2005

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  1. Alex Tabarrok on Conversations with Tyler (2023-08-23): mention

    “…Then with the Freakonomics phenomena, I remember seeing Steve Levitt on the Daily Show…”

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  2. John List on The Tim Ferriss Show (2022-01-28): mention

    “…Steve Levitt, Freakonomics author. Roland Fryer’s a famous economist at Harvard.…”

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  3. Michael Heller on EconTalk (2021-08-23): mention

    “…we are going to write Freakonomics for ownership…”

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  4. B. Jeffrey Madoff on The Tim Ferriss Show (2021-08-14): mention

    “…I read Moneyball and Freakonomics back to back and it was like…”

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  5. Tim Harford on Conversations with Tyler (2020-02-12): mention

    “…When Freakonomics came out in 2005, you could plausibly say, “Hey, these economists…”

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  6. Mary Hirschfeld on EconTalk (2019-05-20): critique

    “…if you read a book like Freakonomics, they are just, again, amplifying the sort of message…”

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  7. Gidla on Conversations with Tyler (2017-11-15): mention

    “…He read Freakonomics and he liked it.…”

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  8. David Weinberger on EconTalk (2012-02-27): mention

    “…It's one of the reasons why Freakonomics is an eternal best seller…”

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