Noah Smith at noahpinion reports on how those bestselling “Freakonomics” authors/entrepreneurs Steven D. Levitt (an economist) and Stephen J. Dubner (a wordsmith) revealed the limits of their brand of ...

The "odd couple" of publishing is responsible for a new and distinctly quirky way of looking at human behavior, all of it done under the banner of the made-up word "Freakonomics": Martha Teichner now ...

A “rogue” economist and a journalist wrote a unique book together exploring the possible answers to some of life’s most vexing questions. Why did the crime rate fall so dramatically in the mid ’90s?

Reading or listening to any of the Freakonomics phenomenon of 20 years ago felt like standing at the top of a three-legged fire tower: The perspective was interesting, but you felt as if it could ...

The New York Times is preparing to erect a pay gate around its website, but Freakonomics, the popular blog started by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, won't be behind it. That ...

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Economists explore the secret side of ... everything. Aug. 27, 2009 — -- Author Steven Levitt is not your typical economist. Levitt studies the riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime ...

It's being reported that the blog, "Freakonomics" -- based on the hugely popular book of the same title -- is to relocate to the New York Times, a move which the paper has signaled could be the first ...

The Freakonomics enterprise also includes an award-winning blog, a high-profile documentary film, and a public-radio project called Freakonomics Radio, which Dubner hosts. He has also appeared widely ...

Steve Dubner and Stephen Levitt don't really have much in common. Before they teamed-up to write the best-selling books "Freakonomics" and "Super Freakonomics," Dubner was a musician-turned writer for ...

Take the Freakonomics guys’ approach to problem solving and start thinking like a freak–you’ll be all the more productive for it. The phenomenally successful Freakonomics platform–two bestselling ...