The authors of Freakonomics collected pieces from their blog in the book When to Rob a Bank...and 131 more warped suggestions and well-intended rants. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Just a collection of their blog posts, which are mostly excellent, but also pretty superficial due to the nature of the medium. Along the way you will revisit some stories or ideas from previous books, but also get a more in depth look at our authors. When "60 Minutes" recently ran a story about an FDIC takeover of a failing bank, I hit on a perfect bank robbery scheme: visit a bank on a Friday night and pretend you're the FDIC coming to seize it. This is a collection of the best blogs from the Freakonomics authors. 2011 Think like a Freak. It's very much a book for dipping into rather than sitting down to read. As mentioned in the book itself, the second part of the book lacks any organization; the essays seem to be in a completely random order. The first Freakonoimics book was interesting, albeit a little directionless. However they do claim to have culled the best from their blog, so you don't have to, which is a useful service. Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2017. It is the same folks, covering the same kinds of topics with the same kind of humor and style. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast. Best is the combination between entertaining and learning. The effect is one of having an intelligent friend mention stray thoughts he'd had earlier that afternoon, many of which could lead to great discussion, if only you weren't in a loud bar and he too drunk to formulate any new ideas on the topics. I have read all of the Freakonomics books. Luvvie Ajayi Jones—author, cultural critic, digital entrepreneur—might be best described as a professional truthteller. You can read this for free on the blogs, if you are willing to sort through a decade of blogs to hand pick the best of them. Each of the essays seems to end with the reader hanging. Yes! To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast. Consisting entirely of blog post entries from the Freakonomic.com website in the 10 years leading up until its publishing, it contains all the witticisms, curiosity and genius that have made the whole Freakonomics series such an easy-reading success. The final book in the freakonomics series is probably the least favourite of one of my favourite series. I have to admit, there has never been in my reading life, a series in which I was extremely absorbed like the Freaknomics Series. It is merely a collection of blogs on their website and as such doesn't have the depth or detail that previous books do. To stop a cyber criminal, it helps to think like one. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy. But a good, quick read and a reminder of how much I love their writing and the way they see the world. There was a problem loading your book clubs. It is a fine book, but you could skip it. Many of them, they freely admit, were rubbish. They loosely tie their selections together under some pretty broad categories. Start by marking “When to Rob a Bank” as Want to Read: Error rating book. If you like “Freakonomics”, the book, you will find this collection similar. (I listened to the audiobook.). On the other hand,I am not looking to read a manual or how to just to make myself suffer so my time is not wasted. Drawn from 10 years of entries on Freakonomics.com, where they employ a style that is more casual, more personal, and more outlandish than in their books, they answer such questions as: Why don’t flight attendants get tipped? So, he published the story and the name of the restaurant in the NYT. When to Rob a Bank is a lengthy collection of the best posts from the blog they launched at the same time. None the less enjoyable though. It is the same folks, covering the same kinds of topics with the same kind of humor and style. If you can find that on the Internet, it's well worth reading, but the book as a whole seems to be cashing in on earlier success. I have to admit, dropping into a bookstore and flicking through pages of a book does have a sense of fulfillment especially when I walk out with one that jumps out at you. Wish they'd spend more time thoughtfully examining their own biases and less time trying to be hilariously offensive rogues. When to Rob a Bank by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner. It's not that the snippets aren't interesting, it's just that they're too short to really involve the reader. Februar 2008 in den USA brachte ein Gesamteinspielergebnis von 820 USD. It is a federal crime in the United States. You’ll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank … Levitt and Dubner hit their … When to rob a bank? Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast. I wound up liking this better than I expected to. When to Rob a Bank is a lengthy collection of the best posts from the blog they launched at the same time. Wi. Steven David "Steve" Levitt is a prominent American economist best known for his work on crime, in particular on the link between legalized abortion and crime rates. But these are snippets from their online blog, and while some topics curried a lot of interest in me, most of the time the treatment was too short or too limited in depth. Go into your backpack, take out a bomb, put it in front of the vault, and then trigger the explosion to break it open. Then you "count" up the cash and leave. [exactly when is the right time to rob it? Take that key upstairs, and open up the door that leads to the vault. Freakonomics Rev Ed. Several of the blogs are interesting but many are not, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2019. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. The book went by quickly for me as you can hop from short blog post to short blog post. Ah, come on folks. Welcome back. Perhaps a perfect demonstration of narcissism. Highly recommend! The best are now published in When to Rob a Bank. I mean why has shrimp consumption increased since 1980 and should we pay children to do well in school? Definitely great for the populist readers amongst us. 2018 Agyament gondolkodás. Economists in Vegas, and they seem to enjoy themselves. There's little to no actual data or in-depth analysis, just a bunch of off-the-cuff ruminations that range from laughably ill-conceived to dangerously bad. But these are snippets from their online blog, and while some topics curried a lot of interest in me, most of the time the treatment was too short or too limited in depth. Disappointing collection of excerpts from the authors' blog, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016. Some of the blogs are funny stories, such as when one of them forgot he had his research papers about terrorism in his bag, and got held for questioning when he tried to go through airport security. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I thought the book was perfect for creating talking points for conversations. As economists of some reknown, Levitt and Dubner don't appear to recognise the law of diminishing returns, as this lazy reprint of blog posts from their Freakonomics website basically proves. I liked them, but this book was like a bowlful of Lifesavers where “Freakonomics” was a ravioli dinner – either can fill you up, but you feel a bit bad if you just ate Lifesavers. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Over the past decade, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have published more than 8,000 blog posts on the Freakonomics website. The first part of the book arranges the essays by topic. I browsed through this in an airport bookshop and was intrigued enough to download it when I got home. A thing as beautiful as a bound book, filled with superficial American dinner table chit chat transcripts. As you can imagine it’s extremely difficult to skip a book with the title “When to rob a bank” - A rogue economist's guide to the world. is terrible). The book is even a bit broader than their previous books as they hit a wider range of topics. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I always thought I needed a break, no matter how good the series was. In this interactive lesson, you are going to step into the shoes of a cyber criminal and learn to rob a bank. This refers to robbery of a bank branch or teller, as opposed to other bank-owned property, such as a train, armored car, or stagecoach. Due to it's chaos organized way of publishing made it an easy read too. Some are interesting and thought provoking, others might seem quite hairbrained and crazy (I say seem, as it is possible I just lack the intelligence to understand them, though I do consider some of the ideas in the book....weird and not actually functional). Refresh and try again. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2016. It's a collection of the best blog posts from their blog over the last 10 years. And then what ? They're blog posts. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime … ), Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, “Good ideas ... expressed with panache.” --. Freakonomics this is not -- I love Freakonomics and Levitt was great with it. When to Rob a Bank is indeed a collection of well-intended rants. I can't compare this to the others because I haven't read them. Just like the companies that fill drinking water that is accessible to you for free in a bottle and then charge you for it, this book gathers the best of the blog posts from the "Freakonomics" blog, edits them, categorizes them and then charges you for buying it (this is almost an exact excerpt from the book's prologue!). Her crazily popular... To see what your friends thought of this book. Mostly random, but still thorough. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast. I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd bought it to read on the plane. DNF'd. A new book from the guys who brought you Freakonomics (which is ten years old…ten years): When to Rob a Bank: …And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. [ When to Rob a Bank is a lengthy collection of the best posts from the blog they launched at the same time. Levitt was chosen as one of Time Magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World" in 2006. Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. This one was a bit of a disappointment. Freakonomics was awesome! When to rob a bank? In celebration of the tenth anniversary of Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner gathered articles from their blog, a blog they started even though Levitt didn't know what a blog was. With their original Freakonomics book, Americans Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt were pioneers in popularising the use of an economics mindset - both behavioural and more traditional - to explain all sorts of parts of modern (usually American) life. I imagine this one is a bit more freeform. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, And yes, when to rob a bank (Short answer: never; the R.O.I. When To Rob A Bank is a collection of the best of the Freakonomics authors’ blog posts from over 10 years of blogging about economics in all areas of our life. When to Rob a Bank is Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. If you read too much of this book in one sitting, you quickly see the limitations of the blog format turned into a book: a hugely eclectic mix of topics, rarely explored in much depth and with many loose ends left flapping as the blog posts whirl past the eyes - especially as the absence of original blog … Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2016. I have to admit that I had no idea who these authors were and I never read their blog, so perhaps I would have enjoyed it more had I been more familiar with their work. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. May 5th 2015 When to Rob a Bank by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner. To rob the bank in Brookhaven, you need to retrieve the green keycard from the front desk at the entrance. These are interesting questions with interesting answers. Please try your request again later. If you read too much of this book in one sitting, you quickly see the limitations of the blog format turned into a book: a hugely eclectic mix of topics, rarely explored in much depth and with many loose ends left flapping as the blog posts whirl past the eyes - especially as the absence of original blog … Now, there was a lesson in customer service for her! Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2017. Another favorite of mine was about being served rancid chicken in a high end restaurant, and even though the manager agreed that the chicken had turned, she refused to comp his meal. It is a fine book, but you could skip it. The percentage of interesting to blah is only about 10% so rather than waste 90% of my time, I will spend it reading something more rewarding. No, this doesn't tell you the exact logistical details in how or 'when' to rob a bank. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. In economics terms, as they point out, this is the equivalent of buying bottled water - paying money for something you can get for free. If you read too much of this book in one sitting, you quickly see the limitations of the blog format turned into a book: a hugely eclectic mix of topics, rarely explored in much depth and with many loose ends left flapping as the blog posts whirl past the eyes - especially as the absence of original blog … So, if you are looking for the sort of anecdotal evidence for points of view that the Freakonomics books portray. If you are looking at a semi-random scattering of interesting points of view that are really questions, and not answers, then this book may be of interest to you. This book is a blog highlight reel, and lacks all of the analytical depth that the earlier writings of these "rogue" economists drew me in with. This did a terrible job of helping me gain the millions I thought I would from my hometown bank. Places to Rob. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. 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