Download or read book Quicklet on Freakonomics by Stephen D. Levitt & Stephan J. Dubner written by Jonathan Nathan and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less. Freakonomics was written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Levitt is an economist who is known for making connections that other people do not see, while Dubner is a journalist for the New York Times. The book started as an article about Levitt that Dubner was writing for the New York Times in 2003. They wrote the book together as an attempt to bring economics to the masses, to show in an interesting and conversational way on how economics can prove that conventional wisdom is often wrong and how it can shed new light on confusing situations. The book was published in 2005 and has somewhat become controversial for its findings.