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It was published on april 12, 2005, by william morrow. Thus the new field of study contained in this book. A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything is the debut nonfiction book by university of chicago economist steven levitt and new york times journalist stephen j. This is the message at the heart of freakonomics, levitt and dubners rulebreaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyones view of the world upsidedown and became an international multimillioncopyselling phenomenon. A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything revised edition includes new material published september 2009 by harper first paperback international printing. Levitt and dubner wrote freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names. The original book, which used ideas from statistics and economics to explore. Freakonomics, written with the help of the journalist stephen j. Professor wydicks recent work examines the impact of development programs such as microfinance, child sponsorship, and inkind donation of childrens shoes, wheelchairs for the disabled, and clean woodburning stoves. Authors stephen dubner and steven levitt asked the readers of their blog. Finally, there are books like freakonomics that reproduce academic papers in a popular form.

Bruce wydick professor program director fulltime faculty. A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything from the worlds largest community of readers. In this groundbreaking book, leading economist steven levittprofessor of economics at the university of chicago and winner of. Host of freakonomics radio and coauthor of the freakonomics books freakonomics. The book has been described as melding pop culture with economics. After all, every one of us regularly passes up opportunities to maim, steal, and defraud. The chance of going to jail thereby losing your job, your house, and your freedom, all of which are. This is a summary of the book along with my thoughts on it. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, levitt and dubner show that. Im stephen dubner, coauthor of freakonomics, and this is. His book games in economic development is published by cambridge university press, and his more recent novel about the lives of coffee growers in guatemala was published in 2014 by. By late 2009, the book had sold over 4 million copies worldwide. Radio radio archive subscribe on the radio the team books freakonomics superfreakonomics think like a freak when to rob a bank lectures about extras tell me something i dont know question of the day.

Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in superfreakonomics the long awaited followup to their new york times notable blockbuster. Freakonomics lived on the new york times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Radio radio archive subscribe on the radio the team books freakonomics superfreakonomics think like a freak when to rob a bank lectures about extras tell me something i dont know question of the day footy for two freakonomics. What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common.