In the follow-up to his best-selling book, Freakonomics, Steven Levitt applies economic theory to more nontraditional topics, including solutions to global warming and the price of oral sex. Host ...

One of us is a numbers guy and the other is a word guy, but we both like pictures too. That’s why we made this illustrated edition of SuperFreakonomics: sometimes numbers and words aren’t enough. One ...

The two Steves knew exactly what they were doing when they sat down to pen the final chapter of their sequel to their 2005 bestseller Freakonomics. In the now infamous chapter in the newly released ...

The first Freakonomics book--which applied economic theory to sumo wrestlers, drug dealing, and the dynamics of naming babies--was not without controversy. (The discussion surrounding its release ...

Read an excerpt of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's new book. Oct. 20, 2009— -- Economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner are at it again in the "freakquel" to their best-selling ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The chapter on climate is titled “What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?” ...

The long-awaited sequel to the best-seller Freakonomics is out, and you've almost certainly read about the controversies surrounding the book's chapter on global warming. But, before the book was even ...

The first Freakonomics book was one of those bestselling books that you didn't have to read. Not because it was bad, but because it was good. It was so good, in fact, that authors Steven D. Levitt and ...

Caldeira, like the vast majority of climate scientists, believes cutting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions is our only real chance to avoid runaway climate change. “Carbon dioxide is ...

"SuperFreakonomics" authors say "raw talent and genius are vastly overrated." Oct. 22, 2009 — -- How could Michael Jordan, born with once-in-a-generation athletic abilities, soar as one of ...