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Books by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Andrea Montero Cusset mentioned on podcasts

1 book across 13 episodes on 1 podcast.

On People I (Mostly) Admire, host Steve Levitt discussed several aspects of the book Freakonomics, which he co-authored with Stephen J. Dubner and Andrea Montero Cusset. Levitt reflected on writing the book, noting that gaining a taste of the real world through it poisoned him to academics because he found the real world much more fun. He also recounted a night when Dubner stayed up all late and drafted the prelude to the book. Addressing critical reception, Levitt mentioned a critical magazine article titled 'Why Freakonomics Failed to Transform Economics,' which argued the book was a failure because it did not change economics. Levitt found the premise absurd, emphasizing that Freakonomics was written for a popular audience. Elsewhere on the podcast, Levitt noted that a documentary was made about the book and that it played in theaters. Tim Harford also discussed Freakonomics on the show, praising it as a work that avoids mistakes by presenting intriguing insights about the world using data analysis.

  1. Freakonomics

    30 mentions · People I (Mostly) Admire

    Freakonomics by Steven D.

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    “So you're a theoretical mathematician who, because of your applied work, has gotten to see the real world in action, and at least for me, when I wrote Freakonomics and got a taste of the real world, I was really poisoned to academics after that because I found the real world to be much more fun.”
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