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Paperback When to Rob a Bank: ...and 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants Book

ISBN: 0062385801

ISBN13: 9780062385802

When to Rob a Bank: ...and 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

(Book #4 in the Freakonomics Series)

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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It's the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast.

When Freakonomics was first published, the authors started a blog--and they've kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books. In When to Rob a Bank, they ask a host of typically off-center questions: 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 the Freakonomics website. Many of them, they freely admit, were rubbish. But now they've gone through and picked the best of the best. You'll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.) You'll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner's own quirks and passions, from gambling and golf to backgammon and the abolition of the penny.

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You can tell by the title this going to be a whacky but delightful experience.

The authors skip the big issues but tackle off-the-beaten-path tidbits of Americana. It’s kind of an intellectual version of Mad Magazine. Whether it’s about how Pete Rose outfoxed his autograph collectors or how many miscreants happened to share the same middle name, the authors are going to make laugh, smirk, or gasp.
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