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Stephen Dubner’s book recommendations in 2024

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Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-12-26

Rebel Talent by Francesca Gino · discussed · at 2:07
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely · discussed · at 3:35

616. How to Make Something from Nothing

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-12-19

The Work of Art by Adam Moss · discussed · at 1:43
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat · discussed · at 44:57

615. Is Ozempic as Magical as It Sounds?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-12-12

Reinventing American Health Care by Ezekiel J. Emanuel · discussed · at 35:35
The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman · discussed · at 39:01

How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-12-09

Freedom's Laboratory by Audra J. Wolfe · discussed · at 9:50
Supermarket USA by Shane Hamilton · discussed · at 11:50

614. Is the U.S. Sleeping on Threats from Russia and China?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-12-05

Midnight in Moscow by John J. Sullivan · discussed · at 4:23

612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-11-21

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney · discussed · at 20:37

611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-11-14

Age of Revolutions by Fareed Zakaria · discussed · at 5:32

610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-11-07

Craft Weed by Ryan Stoa · discussed · at 23:48

607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-10-17

A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage · discussed · at 5:20
Craft Weed by Ryan Stoa · discussed · at 12:33

606. How to Predict the Presidency

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-10-11

The Demagogue's Playbook by Eric A. Posner · discussed · at 7:49

Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-10-10

The Executive Unbound by Eric A. Posner · discussed · at 3:59

Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

No Stupid Questions · 2024-10-03

Mindset by Carol S. Dweck · discussed · at 5:59

605. What Do People Do All Day?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-10-03

Work by James Suzman · discussed · at 18:22
Working by Studs Terkel · discussed · at 34:01

604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2) | Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-10-01

A Different Way to Win by Jim Rooney · recommended · at 44:47

603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-09-19

A Different Way to Win by Jim Rooney · discussed · at 28:11

602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-09-12

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 8:46
No Judgment by Lauren Oyler · discussed · at 26:51

Why Are Stories Stickier Than Statistics? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-10

Bible by Bible · discussed · at 4:30

EXTRA: Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-26

Grit by Angela Duckworth · discussed · at 17:30

The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-22

The Case against Education by Bryan Caplan · discussed · at 32:30

What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-15

Markets, Minds, and Money by Miguel Urquiola · discussed · at 14:39

EXTRA: Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-12

The Sports Gene by David Epstein · discussed · at 9:01

599. The World's Most Valuable Unused Resource

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-01

No More Throw-away People by Edgar S. Cahn · discussed · at 7:01
Time Dollars by Edgar S. Cahn · discussed · at 7:01

EXTRA: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-07-29

Roofs Or Ceilings? by Milton Friedman · discussed · at 7:01

597. Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1,000?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-07-18

Making a Spectacle by Jessica Glasscock · discussed · at 15:29
The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu · discussed · at 31:50

EXTRA: People Aren’t Dumb. The World Is Hard. (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-07-15

Misbehaving by Richard H. Thaler · discussed · at 7:19
Summary of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein, better me · discussed · at 7:19

596. Farewell to a Generational Talent

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-07-11

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 7:15

595. Why Don't We Have Better Candidates for President?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-07-04

Competitive Strategy by Michael E. Porter · discussed · at 12:30
On Competition by Michael E. Porter · discussed · at 12:30
The Politics Industry by Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter, Stephen R. Thorne · discussed · at 47:54
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 59:48

592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-06-13

Lot Six by David Adjmi · discussed · at 10:51

588. Confessions of a Black Conservative

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-05-16

Late Admissions by Glenn C. Loury · discussed · at 0:21
The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein · discussed · at 39:15

Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-05-09

Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar · discussed · at 0:46
Wealth Supremacy by Marjorie Kelly · discussed · at 35:42

586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-05-02

Vienna by Richard Cockett · book club pick · at 3:33
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig · discussed · at 20:45
The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard · discussed · at 39:10

Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-29

Inheritance by Dani Shapiro · discussed · at 45:17

585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-25

Common Ground by Justin Trudeau · discussed · at 4:33

Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-14

Moneyball by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 1:38
The big short by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 2:19
The undoing project by Michael Lewis · discussed · at 2:53

Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-11

THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull · discussed · at 22:01

479. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later | Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-08

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt · discussed · at 0:04
The Case against Education by Bryan Caplan · discussed · at 25:28
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids by Bryan Caplan · discussed · at 27:21

583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-04

Age of Revolutions by Fareed Zakaria · discussed · at 0:00

Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-04-01

The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez · discussed · at 0:27

The Vanishing Mr. Feynman | Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-03-28

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman · discussed · at 1:36
What Do YOU Care what Other People Think? by Richard Phillips Feynman · discussed · at 1:58

581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-03-21

Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt · discussed · at 6:55
The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez · discussed · at 14:29
The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich · discussed · at 14:43

580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-03-14

The Truth About Immigration by Zeke Hernandez · discussed · at 20:12
Streets of Gold by Ran Abramitzky · discussed · at 28:13

Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update) | Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-03-11

The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations by Fred R. Shapiro · discussed · at 7:35
Phil by Alan Shipnuck · discussed · at 22:42

578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-02-29

Water, Race, and Disease by Werner Troesken · discussed · at 26:33
Arid Empire by Natalie Koch · discussed · at 35:35

Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-02-22

Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang · discussed · at 14:09

5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)

Freakonomics Radio · 2024-01-22

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Scott O. Lilienfeld · discussed · at 2:03

Other mentions in 2024 (33: passing, ad reads, own books)