Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2012-08-29
Books mentioned on 90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
What we know -- and don't know -- about the gazillions of dollars that never show up on anyone's books. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company.
Stephen Dubner discussed Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others, Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others, and Off the Books by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“If you've read either Freakonomics or Super Freakonomics, you may remember Venkatesh.”
Where to get it
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Superfreakonomics
SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“If you've read either Freakonomics or Super Freakonomics, you may remember Venkatesh. In the first book, he was the deadhead grad student who embedded himself with a crack-selling gang in Chicago for about seven years.”
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Off the Books
Discussed“And eventually, he wrote a book about what he learned. It's called Off the Books, The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor.”
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