In this summary, you will learn:
1. How incentives and cheating go hand-in-hand with each other.
2. Why drug peddlers aren’t rich even though the business is lucrative.
3. How events perceived as insignificant can have unexpected results.
4. Why you might not be getting the best deal from your real-estate agent.
5. Swimming pool vs. guns: what is safer for children.
Language | English |
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No of pages | 20 |
Book Publisher | i-Read Publications |
Published Date | 29 Feb 2020 |
Audio Book Length | 00:18:55 |
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and TV and radio personality. He is co-author of the “Freakonomics” book series, which have sold millions of copies in 40 languages, and host of Freakonomics Radio, which gets 15 million global monthly downloads and is heard by millions more on NPR and other radio outlets.
Dubner’s journalism has also been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Time, and has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing, The Best American Crime Writing, and elsewhere. His other books include Turbulent Souls (Choosing My Religion), Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper, and the children’s book The Boy With Two Belly Buttons.
He has taught English at Columbia University (while receiving an M.F.A. there), played in a rock band (which started at Appalachian State University, where he was an undergrad, and was later signed to Arista Records), and, as a writer, was first published at the age of 11, in Highlights for Children. He lives in New York with his wife, the documentary photographer Ellen Binder, and their children.
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