Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything—A Groundbreaking Exploration of Hidden Incentives, Behavioral Economics, and Unconventional Wisdom

The twentieth anniversary edition of the book that made behavioral economics a household concept returns with a new foreword and the same provocations that made it a phenomenon: why do sumo wrestlers throw matches, what do real estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common, and what actually drove violent crime rates down in the 1990s. Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner apply unfashionable questions to everyday phenomena and find answers that consistently upend conventional wisdom. The new edition adds perspective on the book's two decades of influence.

Stephen J. Dubner co-wrote the book and narrates it, which gives the production an unusual intimacy — the voice explaining the ideas is the same voice that helped shape them. His delivery is conversational without being casual, precise without being academic, and at just under seven hours it maintains the book's best quality: making counterintuitive thinking feel like a pleasure rather than a lecture. The anniversary edition is the definitive way to experience this landmark work.