Think Like a Freak

The Freakonomics boys are back to take us behind the phenomenon and unveil the tools for thinking like a freak. Now available as an A format paperback!

Zusatztext "Their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis! they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively! more creatively! more rationally --- to think! that is! like a Freak." Informationen zum Autor 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 forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy. Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non- Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know. Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first careeras an almost rock starto become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times , and published three non-Freakonomics books. Klappentext The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Now, with Think Like a Freak , Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria. Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealingand so much fun to read. Zusammenfassung The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world! exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics ! a documentary film! an award-winning podcast! and more. Now! with Think Like a Freak ! Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis! they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively! more creatively! more rationallyto think! that is! like a Freak. Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems! whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always! no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics! all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way! you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion! the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria! and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria. Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak: First! put away your moral compassbecause it's hard to see a problem clearly if you've already decided what to do about it. Learn to say "I don't know"for until you can admit what you don't yet know! it's virtually impossible to learn what you need to. Think like a childbecause you'll come up with better ideas and ask better questions. Take a master class in incentivesbecause for better or worse! incentives rule our world. Learn to persuade people who don't want to be persuadedbecause being right is rarely enough to carr...

Autorentext

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 forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.

Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know.

Klappentext

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.

Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria.

Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read.