Steven D. Levitt
Books by Steven D. Levitt
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- Hardcover, 242 pages
Superfreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- Hardcover, 270 pages
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On The Lookout: For Love, For Thanks, For Horror And Wall Street
Summer reading picks are on the way: the movie tie-in edition of David Nicholl's U.K. sensation One Day and the latest from John Grisham and Stephen King. In nonfiction, it's time to get superfreaky about economics, and comedian Jimmy Fallon offers a little thanks.
Book Reviews
'SuperFreakonomics': Forget What You Know (Again)
In the follow-up to their 4-million-selling Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner fire yet another provocative salvo at conventional wisdom.
Five for Friday
It's Freaky Five for Friday!
A freaky view of the future in Children of Men, the co-author of Freakonomics on ... Beauty and the Geek, freakish adventures on a hunt for sunken treasure, the slightly freaky Jack White in a no-frills music video, and the secret to avoid freakouts (it involves 40 winks).
What Are Your Summer Reads?
Carolyn Hax's Advice On What To Read
This week's Summer Reader segment calls on Carolyn Hax for her advice on what to read this summer. Hax makes a living off her advice, writing The Washington Post's nationally syndicated column "Tell Me About It."
Author Interviews
'Freakonomics': Musings of a 'Rogue Economist'
by Scott Simon
Economist Steven Levitt talks about his new book, Freakonomics. A professor at the University of Chicago, Levitt uses statistics to examine matters of everyday life, often with startling results.
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