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When to Rob a Bank

When to Rob a Bank

A Rogue Economist's Guide to the World

Summary

This is the ultimate guide to the world of the Freak. Renegade thinkers and bestselling sensations Levitt and Dubner have carefully curated the very best of their blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bankrobbing, fast food to sex taxes.

'We are all Freakonomists now' Washington Post

'A phenomenon ... their approach has won them a cult following' Observer

'Lie back and let Levitt and Dubner's bouncy prose style carry you along from one peculiarity to the next' Sunday Telegraph

'You are guaranteed a good time' Financial Times

About the authors

Steven D. Levitt

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Stephen J. Dubner

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