Freakonomics

by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt

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1. William von HippelInterview

   Hierarchy in the Forest by Christopher Boehm, War before Civilization by Lawrence Keeley, The Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham, A Primate’s Memoir by Robert Sapolsky, Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, Dispatches from Pluto by Richard Grant, The Hadza by…

2. The Best Economics Books for BeginnersReading list

   Freakonomics adeptly presents the fascinating and often counter-intuitive findings from microeconomic studies for a general audience. Each chapter describes a piece of economic research, such as why drug dealers live with their mothers. The insights from these studies introduce the reader to the role of incentives…

3. Linda YuehInterview
4. Jon GruberInterview

   I would recommend: Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt; The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford; and Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan.

5. Zelana MontminyInterview

   Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom; In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore; Freakonomics by Steven Levitt; The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman;

6. The Best Books on SoccerReading list

   Part sports book, part pop-economics page-turner, Soccernomics does for soccer what Freakonomics did for everyday life — it takes received wisdom, holds it up to the light, and shows you how wrong you’ve been. Why does England keep losing on penalties? Why do small countries like Iceland and Croatia consistently punch…

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