Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-12-07

Books mentioned on 567. Do the Police Have a Management Problem?

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In policing, as in most vocations, the best employees are often promoted into leadership without much training. One economist thinks he can address this problem — and, with it, America’s gun violence.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

    Michael Lewis · at 46:21

    Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis is an investigative non-fiction book that explores the meteoric rise and catastrophic collapse of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried and his trading empire, FTX.

    Discussed
    “We speak with Michael Lewis about the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and Lewis's new book on the topic called 'Going Infinite.' That's next time on the show.”
    Where to get it