Episode · EconTalk · 2020-11-09
Books mentioned on Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of Economics
Author and economist Steven Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and host of the podcast "People I (Mostly) Admire.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“well i have a complaint because for about five years uh when i tell somebody i was an economist they'd say have you read freakonomics what do you think of it”
Where to get it
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Superfreakonomics
Superfreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“so after our second book super economics came out and we wrote about climate change and what was interesting going back to idea of scientists”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Freakonomics
“and with stephen dubner he is the author of the free economic the book for economics and the creators of all things freakonomic”