When to Rob a Bank

Name: When to Rob a Bank
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141980980
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A Rogue Economist's Guide to the World

By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

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When to Rob a Bank is a collection of thought-provoking essays drawn from the popular Freakonomics blog. It explores a wide range of intriguing topics, from quirky economic insights to everyday conundrums, all infused with the authors' trademark wit and analytical style. The book provides readers with a fresh perspective on conventional wisdom while encouraging curiosity about how the world really works.
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When to Rob a Bank

A guide to the world of the Freak. It features blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bank robbing, fast food to sex taxes.

This is the ultimate guide to the world of the Freak. Renegade thinkers and bestselling sensations Levitt and Dubner have carefully curated the very best of their blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bankrobbing, fast food to sex taxes.

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A curated collection of the most readable economics blog on the planet from the phenomenally successful Freakonomics authors.

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 readers who love all things Freakonomics.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141980980

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 293g

Pages: 400

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Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction Penguin Books Stephen J. Dubner Steven D. Levitt

About the Author

Steven D. Levitt (Author) 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 the age of forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy. Stephen J. Dubner (Author) Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career - as an almost-rock-star - to become a writer. He has worked for The New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He lives with his family in New York City.