Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-10-15
Books mentioned on 224. How To Win A Nobel Prize
The process is famously secretive (and conducted in Swedish!) but we pry the lid off at least a little bit.
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Misbehaving
“When a subfield or an area of economics gets more popular, so behavioral economics, which I've been fascinated by for a lot of years, and therefore was thrilled to see Danny Kahneman win the Nobel in economics for it. It's really gained momentum in the public sphere and in the governmental sphere. And there are books, you know, Thaler has”
Passing Thinking, Fast and Slow
“And there are books, you know, Thaler has published a book, Misbehaving on It. Kahneman's book, Thinking Fast and Slow, really opened a lot of eyes around the world.”