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When to Rob a Bank
...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and WBy Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. DubnerNarrated by Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergman, Therese PlummerLength8h 13m
About this audiobook
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than seven million books sold in forty languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast.
When Freakonomics was first published, the authors started a blog—and they’ve kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books. In When to Rob a Bank, they ask a host of typically off-centre questions:
Why don’t flight attendants get tipped?
If you were a terrorist, how would you attack?
Why does KFC always run out of fried chicken?
Over the past decade, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have published more than 8,000 blog posts on Freakonomics.com. Many of them, they freely admit, were rubbish. But now they’ve gone through and picked the best of the best. You’ll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.) You’ll also learn a great deal about Levitt’s and Dubner’s own quirks and passions, from gambling and gold to backgammon and the abolition penny.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (17.6K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreBusiness and Economics, Psychology
Length8 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byStephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergman, Therese Plummer
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 5, 2015
LanguageEnglish
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