Freakonomics Rev Ed, Steven D. Levitt
Freakonomics Rev Ed, Steven D. Levitt
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Freakonomics Rev Ed

Bestseller

Author: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Narrator: Stephen J. Dubner

Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/10/2007


Synopsis

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner offer the long-awaited paperback edition of Freakonomics, the runaway bestseller, including six Freakonomics columns from the New York Times Magazine and a Q & A with the authors.

About Steven D. Levitt

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 forty. 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.

About Stephen J. Dubner

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 since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times, and published three non-Freakonomics books.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Evan on 2007-12-05 21:56:21

Interesting enough to hold my interest on the commute. Which is always the primary criterion. But it could be a third as long as it is. Preface is a summary of the book. Including information presented as surprising in the body of the book. Expanded portion of this edition is the original essays that began the authors' collaboration. Essentially, covering the same material again. Conclusions are interesting, but would have preferred more of the reasoning not to mention research citations. For example, conclusions regarding the economics of gun regulation are presented largely without evidence.