(New York and Minneapolis, September 8, 2010) – Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner has entered into a production deal with American Public Media (APM) and New York Public Radio (NYPR) to launch ...

A “rogue” economist and a journalist wrote a unique book together exploring the possible answers to some of life’s most vexing questions. Why did the crime rate fall so dramatically in the mid ’90s?

First came the bestselling book, then the sequel, and now comes “Freakonomics” the movie, a kind of victory lap that both celebrates that success and demonstrates why the work of economist Steven D.

"Freakonomics" co-author Stephen J. Dubner is launching "Freakonomics Radio," with American Public Media and New York Public Radio. The show will include radio, podcast, Web and live event programming ...

Tribeca rolled out its big premiere of the documentary version of “Freakonomics” last night, which economist and star Steven Levitt hadn’t even seen yet. I asked him what he thought of it afterward ...

If Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the authors of “Freakonomics,” were to examine the movie business, they might ask: Why do documentary filmmakers keep doing it? It can’t be the money, ...

A conversation with Stephen Dubner on the impact of Freakonomics and bringing behavioral economics to the masses. When it first came out in 2005, Freakonomics unearthed the hidden side to everything, ...

Freakonomics Radio has been around for nearly nine years, and the popular podcast is downloaded hundreds of thousands of times each month in Southern California, but when host and creator Stephen J.

Reading or listening to any of the Freakonomics phenomenon of 20 years ago felt like standing at the top of a three-legged fire tower: The perspective was interesting, but you felt as if it could ...