Noah Smith at noahpinion reports on how those bestselling “Freakonomics” authors/entrepreneurs Steven D. Levitt (an economist) and Stephen J. Dubner (a wordsmith) revealed the limits of their ...

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s “Freakonomics,” published in 2005, has sold more than 7 million copies. The pair’s follow-up, “SuperFreakonomics,” was a bestseller, too. Both ...

In their blockbuster book, "Freakonomics," Levitt and co-author Stephen Dubner show that economics is, at the root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want or need, especially ...

The authors of the 2005 bestseller 'Freakonomics' return with more eclectic, unexpected lessons in why we need to parse the economics of everyday life. 'Super Freakonomics' by Steven D. Levitt and ...

For Dubner and Levitt, data is the magic word, their answer to even their most provocative assertion, that legalization of abortion was the big reason serious crime has dropped dramatically since ...

Freakonomics authors Stephen J Dubner and Steven D Levitt reveal some of the 'magic' of their problem-solving techniques in new book. Think Like A Freak explains how the average non-economist ...

In 2005, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's book Freakonomics brought a new perspective to everyday life through the lens of economic principles—she ...

His work also caught writer Dubner’s attention, which led to the 2003 article in the New York Times Magazine that spawned Freakonomics. Levitt describes his favored subject matter as ...

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner talked about their book [SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance] (William Morrow; October 20,… ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Stephen J. Dubner is an Author with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2006 Interview. The year with the highest average number of views per ...

'Super Freakonomics' by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner ...