Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-05-14
Books mentioned on 206. Ten Years of Freakonomics
Dubner and Levitt are live onstage at the 92nd Street Y in New York to celebrate their new book "When to Rob a Bank" -- and a decade of working together. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company.
Faith Salie discussed Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and others, When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt and others, and Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Think Like a Freak
Think Like a Freak by Steven D.
Discussed“And then from your penultimate book, Think Like a Freak, you talk a lot about being childlike.”
Where to get it
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When to Rob a Bank
When to Rob a Bank by Steven D.
Discussed“This book is a collection of blog posts, right? A lot of them are elliptical and you pose questions and you hypothesize, but there aren't a lot of firm answers.”
Where to get it
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“Stephen Levitt, your sister named Freakonomics, right? Yep. Can you talk about that story? Yeah, so we, way back, were writing this book,”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged When to Rob a Bank
“We're at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and we are bringing our new book, Winder Abba Bank, into the public spectacle.”
Plugged When to Rob a Bank
“Steve Levitt and I just put out a new book called When to Rob a Bank. It's a collection of the best writing from our blog, 10 years worth.”