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Welcome to FREAKONOMICS
Steven D. Levitt is an economist. Stephen J. Dubner is a writer. They co-authored Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it has sold 4 million, in 35 languages. Then they wrote SuperFreakonomics, with stories about drunk walking, the economics of prostitution, and how to stop global warming. It hasn’t quite sold 4 million copies yet but it’s getting there. A lot of other stuff has happened, too. A blog. A movie. A radio show. Lectures. Even Jon Stewart — and Beauty and the Geek. This is the place where all that stuff continues to happen. Welcome to Freakonomics.com.
The Freakonomics Story
It began when New York journalist and author Stephen J. Dubner went to Chicago to write about award-winning economist Steven D. Levitt for The New York Times Magazine. Dubner had been reluctant to take the assignment (he was in the middle of writing a book about the psychology of money). Levitt was reluctant to be shadowed by a journalist (but his mother loved the Times Magazine, so he gave in). The article came out, and led to an unexpected partnership. Levitt and Dubner wrote Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it took up long-term residency on the Times best-seller list, and went on to sell more than 4 million copies in 35 languages. Then they wrote SuperFreakonomics. It also became a worldwide best-seller. A lot of other stuff happened, too. A blog. A documentary film. Jon Stewart and Beauty and the Geek! Lectures. A pair of pants. A radio show. Not bad for a partnership born of such profound reluctance.
Steven D. Levitt is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory. He is the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal winner, an award that recognizes
the most outstanding economist in America under the age of 40. In 2006,
he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 People Who Shape Our World.
Levitt received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1989, his Ph.D. from
M.I.T. in 1994, and has taught at Chicago since 1997. In addition to
his academic and Freakonomics pursuits, he is a founding partner of The
Greatest Good consulting firm. He lives in Chicago with his wife
Jeannette and their four children.
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and TV and radio personality. In addition to Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics,
his books include Turbulent Souls (Choosing My Religion), Confessions of
a Hero-Worshiper, and the children’s book The Boy With Two Belly
Buttons. His journalism has been published in The New York Times, The
New Yorker, and Time, and has been anthologized in The Best American
Sports Writing, The Best American Crime Writing, and elsewhere. He has
taught English at Columbia University (while receiving an M.F.A. there),
played in a rock band (which started at Appalachian State University,
where he was an undergrad, and was later signed to Arista Records), and,
as a writer, was first published at the age of 11, in Highlights for
Children. He lives in New York with his wife, the documentary
photographer Ellen Binder, and their children.
괴짜 경제학 (개정증보판)
- 상식과 통념을 깨는 천재 경제학자의 세상 읽기
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원제 Freakonomics (Revised and Expanded Edition) (2006년)
Economic Discovery 시리즈 4
스티븐 레빗 | 스티븐 더브너 (지은이) | 안진환 (옮긴이)
웅진지식하우스(웅진닷컴) | 2007-04-25 |
정가 13,800원 반양장본 | 414쪽 | 223*152mm (A5신) |
ISBN(13) : 9788901065229
슈퍼 괴짜경제학
- 세상의 이면을 파헤치는 괴짜 천재의 실전경제학
원제 SuperFreakonomics (2009년)
스티븐 레빗 | 스티븐 더브너 (지은이) | 안진환 (옮긴이) |
웅진지식하우스(웅진닷컴) | 2009-11-20 |
정가 13,000원
반양장본 | 348쪽 | 223*152mm (A5신) | ISBN(13) : 9788901103044
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알라딘 책소개 슈퍼괴짜경제학
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