{"product_id":"think-like-a-freak","title":"Think Like a Freak : Secrets of the Rogue Economist","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the rule-breaking authors of international bestsellers Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics, this is the ultimate guide to how to Think Like a Freak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                    The Freakonomics   books have come to stand for something: challenging conventional   wisdom; using data rather than emotion to answer questions; and  learning  to unravel the world's secret codes. Now Levitt and Dubner  have  gathered up what they have learned and turned it into a readable  and  practical toolkit for thinking differently - thinking, that is,  like a  Freak. Whether you are interested in the best way to improve  your odds  in penalty kicks, or in major global reforms, here is a  blueprint for an  entirely new way to solve problems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                    Along the  way, you'll learn  how the techniques of a Japanese hot-dog-eating  champion can help you,  the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a  batch of dangerous bacteria,  why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point  of saying they're from  Nigeria, and why Van Halen's demanding tour  contract banning brown  M\u0026amp;Ms was really a safety measure. You'll  learn why sometimes it's  best to put away your moral compass, and  smarter to think like a child.  You will be given a master class in  incentives-because for better or  worse, incentives rule our world. And  you will learn to quit before you  fail, because you can't solve  tomorrow's problem if you aren't willing  to abandon today's dud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                    Levitt  and Dubner see the world like no  one else. Now you can too. Never  before have such iconoclastic thinkers  been so revealing-and so much  fun to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                    Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the  University of Chicago,  was awarded the John Bates Clark medal, given to  the most influential  American economist under the age of forty. He is  also a founder of The  Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style  thinking to business and  philanthropy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                    Stephen J. Dubner is an  award-winning author,  journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit  his first career-as an  almost-rock-star-to become a writer. He has  worked for The New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He lives with his family in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Steven D. Levitt\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 288\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 13 May 2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":32707751018577,"sku":"BF449","price":11.15,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":32707751051345,"sku":"BF449","price":8.92,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":39423664586833,"sku":"BF449","price":8.03,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":32707751084113,"sku":"BF449","price":7.14,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/products\/9781846147890.jpg?v=1717802778","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/think-like-a-freak","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}