Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2013-04-08
Books mentioned on 122. How Much Does Your Name Matter?
A kid's name can tell us something about his parents -- their race, social standing, even their politics. But is your name really your destiny?
Stephen Dubner discussed Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“So when we wrote about names in Freakonomics, we made it pretty clear that naming is not destiny, right? That was really one of the single biggest takeaways.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Parentology
“He has a book coming out soon called Parentology. It's about, well, here, let's have him tell you.”
Passing Freakonomics
“So she assembled some data, which included the lists that we created for our first book, Freakonomics, of the whitest and blackest names among baby boys and girls.”