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...Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner...
...this last front, it’s worth noting that Levitt gets help—from co-author and former New York Times magazine editor Stephen J. Dubner. Is that cheating...
...first book, co-authored by the writer who profiled him for the New York Times Magazine in 2003, Stephen Dubner, Levitt has compiled a greatest-hits mix of his research. The book, unfortunately titled Freakonomics (William Morrow; 242 pages), is broken into six chapters, each posing a different social question. Levitt and Dubner answer them using empirical research and statistical analysis. And unlike academics who usually address these matters, they don't clutter the prose with a lot of caveats. They just show you the goods...
...sales of the books you would consider either adventure or developing world have been pretty impressive,” Dubner said, although he added that the publication does not have demographic data on who is buying the new guides...