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Stephen Dubner’s book recommendations in 2011

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Every episode from 2011, newest first

53. How American Food Got So Bad

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-12-13

An Economist Gets Lunch by Tyler Cowen · discussed · at 3:49

43. The Decline and Fall of Violence

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-10-05

The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 4:36

42. The Upside of Quitting

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-09-28

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill · discussed · at 1:00:58

41. The Folly of Prediction

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-09-14

Expert Political Judgment by Philip E. Tetlock · discussed · at 16:05

39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-08-16

The Prairie and the Making of Middle America by Dorothy Anne Dondore · discussed · at 3:19
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids by Bryan Caplan · discussed · at 51:19

38. The Church of "Scionology"

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-08-03

The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism and other writings by Max Weber · discussed · at 20:19
Dethroning the King by Julie MacIntosh · discussed · at 33:39

35. Live From St. Paul!

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-06-22

Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt · discussed · at 29:54

32. Growing Up Buffett

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-05-11

Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffett · discussed · at 4:23

25. Is Twitter a Two-Way Street?

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-03-09

Everything is Obvious by Duncan J. Watts · discussed · at 5:30

22. Why Cities Rock

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-02-17

Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser · discussed · at 4:08

20. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 2)

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-02-02

Modernist cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold · discussed · at 3:48

19. Waiter, There’s a Physicist in My Soup! (Part 1)

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-01-26

Modernist cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold · discussed · at 11:52

17. Trashed

Freakonomics Radio · 2011-01-13

Here Comes the Garbage Barge! by Jonah Winter · discussed · at 2:48

Other mentions in 2011 (23: passing, ad reads, own books)