Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2013-05-23
Books mentioned on 127. Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions
Dubner and Levitt talk about circadian rhythms, gay marriage, autism, and whether "pay what you want" is everything it's cracked up to be. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company.
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“I think we wrote about a little bit in Freakonomics, didn't we, about the dating. And smart men, men who had a lot of education, did quite well, but women who had a lot of education did poorly.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Freakonomics
“She writes, since people are genuinely fair and pay for bagels on the honor system. OK, that's referring to our bagel study in Freakonomics.”
