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Revisiting Freakonomics: What This 2005 Bestseller Got Wrong (and Right)

Swimming Pools, Baby Names, and Abortions - do the claims still hold true after 20 years?

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Simar Kochar
Apr 10, 2025
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When Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner published Freakonomics in 2005, they promised to reveal “the hidden side of everything” through the lens of economic analysis. Twenty years later, this provocative book continues to spark debate.

Our book club recently discussed this pop-economics book, and had an interesting discussion about its most controversial c…

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