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Assume thing, question everything. This is the message at the heart of Freakomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, icoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phemen. 'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell 'A sensation ...you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph 'Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next' Wall Street Journal 'Dazzling ...a delight' Ecomist 'Made me laugh out loud' Scotland on Sunday

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PublisherPenguin Books Ltd

ISBN-100141019018

ISBN-139780141019017

UPC9780141019017

eBay Product ID (ePID)96843333

Product Key Features

Publication Year2006

SubjectEconomics: Professional & General

LanguageEnglish

TypeMonograph

AuthorSteven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Series0141019018

FormatB-Format Paperback, Paperback

Dimensions

Depth20 mm

Height198mm

Width148mm

Weight260g

Additional Product Features

Weight (kg)0.25

Place of PublicationLondon

Publication CountryGB

PlatformNot Machine Specific

Subject 2Economics: Professional & General

Spine20mm

Regional CuisineInternational

Pagination320

Publication Date05-06-2006

Recommended Age Range0-12 months

Paint By StickerMasterPieces

TopicEconomics, Industry, Books,Exploration,Business,Social Sciences,Economics, Social Sciences, Ships, Exploration, Books, Business

SubjectsBusiness, Economics & Industry

Date of Publication06/04/2006

AudienceGeneral

Dimensions198x129x19mm

Saving25

Age LevelAdults

CityNew York

Edition1

ImprintPenguin Books Ltd

Era2000s

Original/ReproductionOriginal

RegionWorld

PrizesShortlisted for Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2005.

GenreEconomics: Professional & General

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

Author BiographySteven D. Levitt (Author) 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 (Author) Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career - as an almost-rock-star - to become a writer. He has worked for The New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He lives with his family in New York City.

Dimensions (cm)19.8 x 13.1 x 2.0