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Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist
Steven D. Levitt
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Description for Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist
Paperback. Challenging conventional wisdom, this book uses data rather than emotion to answer questions. It offers rules like: 'Put Your Moral Compass in Your Pocket,' 'The Upside of Quitting,' 'Just Because You're Great at Something Doesn't Mean You're Good at Everything,' and, 'If You Have No Talent, Follow Levitt's Path to Success.' Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
In this Freak 'how-to' guide, the mavericks behind the Freakonomics phenomenon teach you their secrets: how to challenge conventional wisdom, unravel life's secret codes and think differently - that is, think like a Freak. Levitt and Dubner see the world like no-one else. Now you can too.
'My gut reaction to this life-changing book is "Where have you been all my life?" You will turn pages with delight' Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express
'Captivating, intellectually robust, funny, surprising and wise. What else can one ask?' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141980119
SKU
V9780141980119
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About Steven D. Levitt
Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark medal, given to the most influential American economist under the age of forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy. Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and ... Read more
Reviews for Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist
Think Like a Freak is not a book about how to understand magic tricks. That's what Dubner and Levitt's first two books - Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics - were about. It's about the attitude we need to take towards the tricks and the problems that the world throws at us. Dubner and Levitt have a set of prescriptions about what that ... Read more