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When to Rob a Bank CD
When to Rob a Bank CD: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants | Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
When Freakonomics was initially published, the authors started a blogand theyve 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 dont 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 readers who love all things Freakonomics. Discover why taller people tend to make more money; why its so hard to predict the Kentucky Derby winner; and why it might be time for a sex tax (if not a fat tax). Youll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubners 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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Squidonland

“Our worst critics prefer to stay” is, while perhaps not outright uplifting, a wonderfully concise acknowledgement of the paradox that a capitalist democracy inevitably is: a place that is often well worth complaining about, and which allows you to complain as loudly as you wish.

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Vivlio_Gnosi
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Adding this #Nonfiction #sequel to my #TBR stack for #NFNov. @rsteve388 @Clwojick
The 1st one was so good I had to get the next one!

Clwojick 1pt 4y
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Court7
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Great audiobook!!!

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janeycanuck
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Mehso-so

A collection of posts from the Freakonomics blog over the years, some of these suggestions & rants were more compelling than others. I wish they had noted the year of the original post, as many were quite dated but others felt like they could have been written yesterday (despite being published in 2015.)

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janeycanuck
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This collection of blog posts from Freakonomics had was more about football than I expected! #fallisbooked

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mabell
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Continuing the city outing with cupcakes. Chris brought Freakanomics. His and hers books, but both of those cupcakes are mine. 😳😁

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OrangeMooseReads
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While browsing B&N (Thursday afternoon is a decent time for that by the way) I found this and thought of my mom who works in a bank. I have no idea what the book is about but the title made me laugh.

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Greg
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A collection of blog posts from your favorite economist/reporter duo. Equal parts thought provoking and sleep inducing. The blog entries, written in the 2001-2010 decade (do we have a name for that?) we're relevant at the time but now seem quite dated. There will still some interesting ideas, but, as they were not researched, often seemed half-baked. I'd recommend this one only if you've devoured their other 3 books and need more.

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keithmalek
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JoeStalksBeck I love this book! 7y
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broomperson
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I'm away from home so for text-only covers I looked through my nook library and took screenshots. I noticed a lot of the text covers I could find were non-fiction so I'm just posting those. #booktober

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EnidBiteEm
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#happybirthday Stephen Dubner. Dubner, an economist, is one half of the Freakonomics team, and this is their fourth book. I'd read the other three first! As they say themselves, this book contains info that is freely available on their blog. Maybe for this reason some of Dubner and Levitt's ideas seems less developed or researched than those ideas in their first book, which surprised me by opening up economics as a fascinating subject 🤑