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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2013-02-13

Books mentioned on 114. How to Think About Guns

2 books · With Steven D. Levitt · Listen

No one wants mass shootings. Unfortunately, no one has a workable plan to stop them either.

Stephen Dubner discussed Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others and Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Freakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner · at 12:13

    Freakonomics by Steven D.

    Discussed
    “One of the questions that we posed in our first book in Freakonomics was simply this. What's more dangerous? If let's say you're the parent of young children, what's more dangerous?”
    Stephen Dubner 114. How to Think About Guns 2013-02-13
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  2. Fist Stick Knife Gun

    Geoffrey Canada · at 27:24 · mentioned 2 times

    Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada is a powerful memoir and sociological examination of growing up amid violence in the inner city, while also outlining the foundations of the Harlem Children's Zone.

    Discussed
    “we knew we were going to be writing about crime and therefore violence and therefore guns and we started talking about Jeff Canada's book Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun and it led to this conversation”
    Stephen Dubner 114. How to Think About Guns 2013-02-13
    Where to get it
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