The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a
radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an
exclusive discussion between the authors and bestselling professor of
psychology Angela Duckworth.
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be
feared more: snakes or french fries? Why do sumo wrestlers cheat? In
this groundbreaking book, leading economist Steven Levitt--Professor of
Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the American
Economic Association's John Bates Clark medal for the economist under 40
who has made the greatest contribution to the discipline--reveals that
the answers. Joined by acclaimed author and podcast host Stephen J.
Dubner, Levitt presents a brilliant--and brilliantly
entertaining--account of how incentives of the most hidden sort drive
behavior in ways that turn conventional wisdom on its head.