Freakonomics is a non-fiction book on economics that uses straight-forward analysis to turn conventional wisdom upside down. Freakonomics got its start in 2003 as a New York Times Magazine article in 2003. Stephen Dubner was a journalist for the New York Times and was first assigned to write an article on the economist Stephen Levitt. The response to the article was so great that Levitt and Dubner started to work together to find answers to problems while applying economic analysis. In 2005, the authors created their Freakonomics blog to help “keep the conversation going,” which can be found on the New York Times webpage. The success of this book can be attributed to its “blogshere.”
(read less)Freakonomics is a non-fiction book on economics that uses straight-forward analysis to turn conventional wisdom upside down. Freakonomics got its start in 2003 as a New York Times Magazine article in 2003. Stephen Dubner was a journalist for the New York Times and was first assigned to write an article on the economist Stephen Levitt. The response to the article was so great that Levitt and Dubner started to work together to find answers to problems while applying economic analysis. In 2005,...
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