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Steven D. Levitt

Biography

Steven D. Levitt

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.

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Steven D. Levitt

Books by Steven D. Levitt

Think Like a Freak
by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt - Nonfiction

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet --- THINK LIKE A FREAK. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally --- to think, that is, like a Freak.

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Economics, Nonfiction, Popular Culture
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Economics, Nonfiction, Popular Culture