Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2026-03-13

Books mentioned on 667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers

1 book · With Marti DeLiema, Katie Daffan, Mark Frank · Listen · Watch on YouTube

A ruthless (and ruthlessly efficient) industry is using digital tools to supercharge one of the world’s oldest behaviors. We look at how the industry works, and ask the scam-fighters what they’re doing about it.

Stephen Dubner discussed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

We earn a commission if you buy through the store links below, at no cost to you.

1. 

   Thinking, Fast and Slow

   Daniel Kahneman · at 29:06

   Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a popular science book exploring behavioral economics, cognitive biases, and the dual systems that drive human thought.

   Discussed

   “One reason why emotional arousal is so effective is that it overwhelms our slow, deliberate, analytical cognitive processing that we sometimes call type two or system two. And it causes us to process things through system one, which is quick, intuitive, where we often rely on these heuristic shortcuts.”

   Stephen Dubner 667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers 2026-03-13 Listen at 29:06

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible