Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-01-18
Books mentioned on Why the Left Had to Steal the Right's Dark-Money Playbook | Freakonomics Radio | Bonus Episode
Sudhir Venkatesh discussed Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh. Tara McGowan discussed Dark Money by Jane Mayer. Also mentioned: Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gang Leader for a Day
Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh is a sociological non-fiction book that explores the underground economy and daily life within a Chicago housing project gang.
Discussed“yes I was very surprised to find out that Mark Zuckerberg put gang leader for a day the book that I wrote on his monthly reading list in 2015.”
Where to get it
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Dark Money
Dark Money by Jane Mayer is a landmark investigative work exposing the hidden networks of billionaires and secretive funding channels behind the rise of the radical right in American politics.
Discussed“so again taking a page out of a conservatives Playbook I read Jane Mayer's book dark money on the Koch brothers who have invested heavily for years in building for-profit companies and non-profit organizations and infrastructure on the right”
Where to get it
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“and the thought that comes to my mind is motivated by an essay of a sociologist named Robert Putnam that was written probably 20 some years ago entitled bowling alone and the thesis is relatively simple and that at that time Putnam was arguing that we don't have a healthy Civic life because we don't have what he called the”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Freakonomics
“if you've read his amazing book gang leader for a day or the chapter in Freakonomics called why do drug dealers live with their moms”
Passing Gang Leader for a Day
“if you've read his amazing book gang leader for a day or the chapter in Freakonomics called why do drug dealers live with their moms”