Where to Start with Stephen J Dubner
- Best entry point → Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
- Best standalone → Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything—A Groundbreaking Exploration of Hidden Incentives, Behavioral Economics, and Unconventional Wisdom
- What fans keep coming back to → SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
- Best narrator for Stephen J Dubner → Think Like a Freak
- Highest rated by listeners → When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants (Freakonomics #4)
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics • Book 1
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner
★ 4.26 ABR Score (913.9K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (901.6K) ★ 4.4 Audible (12.4K)More about this pick
Why do drug dealers live with their mothers, and how did legalized abortion affect crime rates two decades later? Stephen Dubner narrates his own unconventional look at surprising economic forces behind everyday mysteries.
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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Freakonomics • Book 2
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner
★ 4.22 ABR Score (140.7K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (134.6K) ★ 4.45 Audible (6.1K)More about this pick
Levitt and Dubner return with more counterintuitive economic insights, from why chemotherapy might be overused to how prostitutes set prices. Dubner's own narration maintains the conversational tone that makes complex economics accessible.
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Think Like a Freak
Freakonomics • Book 3
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner
★ 4.10 ABR Score (62.1K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (56.4K) ★ 4.43 Audible (5.6K)More about this pick
Dubner's enthusiasm for counterintuitive thinking shines through as he guides listeners through mental models that challenge everything from business strategy to personal decision-making.
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When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
Freakonomics • Book 4
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergmann, Therese Plummer
★ 3.58 ABR Score (17.9K ratings)★ 3.53 Goodreads (15.1K) ★ 4.16 Audible (2.8K)More about this pick
The Freakonomics authors compile their most provocative blog posts, from optimal bank robbery timing to airport security theater. The multi-narrator approach matches the eclectic, conversational tone of their original writing.
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Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything—A Groundbreaking Exploration of Hidden Incentives, Behavioral Economics, and Unconventional Wisdom
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J Dubner
Narrated by Stephen J. Dubner
★ 3.54 ABR Score (23 ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (22) ★ 5 Audible (1)More about this pick
Co-author Stephen Dubner's own narration adds personal investment to questions about gun vs. swimming pool danger and why drug dealers live with their mothers.
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