When to rob a bank : and 131 more warped suggestions and well-intended rants / Steven D. Levitt, [and] Stephen J. Dubner

By:

Levitt, Steven D [author]

Contributor(s):

Dubner, Stephen J [co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, New York : William Morrow, c2015Description: 387 pages ; 17 cmISBN:

9780062451934

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HB 74 .L48 2015

Contents:

What Do Blogs and Bottled Water Have In Common -- We Were Only Trying to Help -- Limberhand the Masturbator and the Perils of Wayne -- Hurray for High Gas Prices! -- Contested -- How to Be Scared of the Wrong Thing -- If You're Not Cheating, You're Not Trying -- But Is It Good for the Planet? -- Hit on 21 -- When to Rob a Bank -- More Sex Please, We're Economists -- Kaleidoscopia -- When You're a Jet -- The Highest Praise Anyone Could Ever Give -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: "When Freakonomics was initially 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. Now, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the landmark Freakonomics, comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the world. Why don't flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would you attack? And 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. Now the very best of this writing has been carefully curated into one volume, the perfect solution for the millions of listeners who love all things Freakonomics. Discover why taller people tend to make more money; why it's so hard to predict the Kentucky Derby winner; and why it might be time for a sex tax (if not a fat tax). You'll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner's own quirks and passions. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made their books an international sensation."

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Includes notes and index.

What Do Blogs and Bottled Water Have In Common -- We Were Only Trying to Help -- Limberhand the Masturbator and the Perils of Wayne -- Hurray for High Gas Prices! -- Contested
-- How to Be Scared of the Wrong Thing -- If You're Not Cheating, You're Not Trying -- But Is It Good for the Planet? -- Hit on 21 -- When to Rob a Bank -- More Sex Please, We're Economists -- Kaleidoscopia -- When You're a Jet -- The Highest Praise Anyone Could Ever Give -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

"When Freakonomics was initially 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. Now, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the landmark Freakonomics, comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the world.

Why don't flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would you attack? And 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. Now the very best of this writing has been carefully curated into one volume, the perfect solution for the millions of listeners who love all things Freakonomics.

Discover why taller people tend to make more money; why it's so hard to predict the Kentucky Derby winner; and why it might be time for a sex tax (if not a fat tax). You'll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner's own quirks and passions. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made their books an international sensation."

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