The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. In Think Like A Freak, they offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor life hacks or major global reforms. Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all how to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, Steven D. In this major national bestseller and follow-up to Superfreakonomics, the Freakonomics authors are back to take us behind the phenomenon and unveil the tools for thinking like a freak. It also inspired a follow-up book, S up erFreakonomics a high-profile documentary film a radio program and an award-winning blog, which has been called “the most readable economics blog in the universe.” Back to top SuperFreakonomics in 2005, Freakonomics went on to sell more than 4 million copies around the world, in 35 languages. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives - how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.įirst published in the U.S. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J.

He studies the riddles of everyday life - from cheating and crime to parenting and sports - and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?

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