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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
4.4/5
SuperFreakonomics is the follow-up non-fiction book from University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner, applying unconventional economic reasoning to subjects ranging from street prostitution to suicide bombing to climate change — and generating serious pushback from scientists on the latter. This review is based on published sources and reception, not hands-on use of the audiobook.
Reviewed Jul 21, 2026
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
4.4/5
Freakonomics, the debut non-fiction collaboration between University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner, published by William Morrow on April 12, 2005, applies economic theory to a deliberately provocative range of subjects — from sumo wrestling corruption and crack-cocaine earnings to the role of legalized abortion in reducing crime — and went on to sell over 4 million copies worldwide by late 2009, spawning a multi-media franchise that redefined popular economics writing.
Reviewed Mar 4, 2026
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