SuperFreakonomics

By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling more than four million copies in 35 languages and changing the way we look at the world. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with Superfreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.

SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Can eating kangaroo save the planet?

Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is: good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky.

Freakonomics has been imitated many times over - but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match.

©2009 Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

Good listen for those who have read Freakonomics

Any additional comments?

As with Freakonomics, this was an interesting listen. I recommend it to anyone who has read or listened to the first book.

A Must Listen

This is a must listen for all those living in fear of global warming. Learn how incentives affect and motivate human behavior. Also learn the unintended consequences of incentives. The research is always presented in an extremely interesting yet factual way. I'm always amazed when I listen to his material. After listening to Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Friedman, this really put global warming into perspective. Now all the politicians including Gore need to hear this. I will likely listen to this a second time and have recommended it to several people already.

loved it

the only problem with this book that it was too short. well written, amazing read
awesome job, guys!

Amazing, better than the first book.

I loved the original Freakonomics book and found this just as interesting. It was by random chance I bought the first book years ago, and fell in love with economics. Superfreakonomics is endlessly interesting, and entertaining the whole way through. Dubner's voice as narrator is pleasing to listen to, and I managed to finish this audio book in one day because I could not stop listening to it.

Great read

Always fascinating to hear what the Steve's got going. So nice I listened twice. Keep them coming.

Uses facts to come to conclusion

This is another example of economists solving all types problems by using data. They tear down many common perceptions why things happen with actual data. The thrust of the book is explaining how people respond to incentives, but in a counter intuitive way.

From podcast to book.

I started listening to Freakonomics through the podcast. I then watched the movie, and at last read (listened to the book.) By listening to the avenues first, you will hear a lot of the same information repeated. Although this was slightly annoying, it was nice to see the way that the authors chose to progress from point to point to make a flow of the information.

Fresh take on interesting modern issues

This audiobook has so many interesting facts and it really opens your mind up to new ways of thinking.

Very Well Done

Loved it! Well Balanced and Factual writing that shows a Behind the scenes view of World Issues

So interesting

This book was great, but the ending was bit sloppy. The authors talked about unintended consequences all throughout the book… except when it came to manipulating nature! That being said, the ideas and stories in this book were fascinating.