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When to Rob a Bank

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When to Rob a Bank

By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergmann
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When Freakonomics was initially published, the authors started a blog - and they've 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 don't 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 listeners who love all things Freakonomics.

Discover why taller people tend to make more money; why it's so hard to predict the Kentucky Derby winner; and why it might be time for a sex tax (if not a fat tax). You'll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner's 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.

©2015 Steven D. Levitt and Dubner Productions, LLC (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Career Success Economic Conditions Economics Popular Culture Social Sciences Taxation Banking Witty Funny Business
Thought-provoking Ideas • Engaging Short Stories • Genuine Voice Work • Interesting Economic Perspectives • Varied Topics
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The new narrators in this book are terrible. Their other books rock but this one is a stinker.

Please have Dubner read future books

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This book gives many random topics with details of interest on all sides that will appeal to many

Thinking of random points

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They didn't go into causality detail as much as in the past. Most topics left a lot to be desired.

Not as good as the other books

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honestly I couldn't find anything that met the list I was trying to fill. however remembering Freakonomics I decided to give it a go.

worth it.

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Not as good as their previous books. The short stories left me wanting to know more. But then again, maybe that was their intention.

Longer stories please?

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Yet another fascinating publication by the Freakonomics pioneers, that engages the audience both in the content and in the presentation.

crowd-sourcing meets unorthodox economic ideas

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A single source for many of their more interesting blog posts. Worth a listen in my opinion.

Blog posts but…

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while I highly enjoyed Freakonomics, this one was much much weaker, especialy coz Levit is bad natrator. I strugled understang his pronanciations.

bad narration

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Love these guys. I thought that putting this book in the format that they did, a bunch of blog posts ordered together, was really interesting. At first I didn't like it, but after a while I really enjoyed it. I liked that the topics were varied, you never get too used to listening to a certain topic, and every new segment is a surprise. It was great as well to be able to hear narration from both of the authors.

Fun to listen too!

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Like seriously if you flip to any part you'll learn something, for long time readers of the blog that something may be a it less but yeah-- they just repackaged their blog into a book. The short articles are tasty but leave one with the want of the deeper analysis of their other books. This one seems to be just for the money as if we're the brunt off some economics test. Is the incentive great enough to buy despite the meager returns . Id say this time yes-- but barely.

Great for picking up from where ever.

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