The "odd couple" of publishing is responsible for a new and distinctly quirky way of looking at human behavior, all of it done under the banner of the made-up word "Freakonomics": Martha Teichner now ...

A decade ago, the first Freakonomics book tied together a number of bright ideas about economics and the modern world in a quirky, accessible way, and sold in vast numbers. Now, as the fifth volume ...

Noah Smith at noahpinion reports on how those bestselling “Freakonomics” authors/entrepreneurs Steven D. Levitt (an economist) and Stephen J. Dubner (a wordsmith) revealed the limits of their brand of ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Released in 2005, the original "Freakonomics" was that rare work of nonfiction that became a part of pop culture. Promising to show "the hidden ...

The New York Times is preparing to erect a pay gate around its website, but Freakonomics, the popular blog started by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, won't be behind it. That ...

A “rogue” economist and a journalist wrote a unique book together exploring the possible answers to some of life’s most vexing questions. Why did the crime rate fall so dramatically in the mid ’90s?

It's being reported that the blog, "Freakonomics" -- based on the hugely popular book of the same title -- is to relocate to the New York Times, a move which the paper has signaled could be the first ...

Reading or listening to any of the Freakonomics phenomenon of 20 years ago felt like standing at the top of a three-legged fire tower: The perspective was interesting, but you felt as if it could ...

The Freakonomics enterprise also includes an award-winning blog, a high-profile documentary film, and a public-radio project called Freakonomics Radio, which Dubner hosts. He has also appeared widely ...

A brand new study by Steven D. Levitt (of Freakonomics fame), John A. List, Susanne Neckermann, and Sally Sadoff finds that Chicago students in low-performing schools did better on tests when they ...

Steve Dubner and Stephen Levitt don't really have much in common. Before they teamed-up to write the best-selling books "Freakonomics" and "Super Freakonomics," Dubner was a musician-turned writer for ...