Facts about Freakonomics

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   Examining drug dealer finances in Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner found that most street-level dealers earned less than minimum wage.

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2. 04

   Co-authored by journalist Stephen Dubner and economist Steven Levitt, Freakonomics applies economic analysis to unconventional subjects like cheating, parenting, and drug dealing.

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3. 03

   A central argument in Freakonomics links the legalization of abortion following Roe v. Wade to a subsequent drop in crime rates roughly two decades later.

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   Steven Levitt's research on sumo wrestling in Freakonomics revealed that wrestlers colluded to fix matches approximately 30 percent of the time when stakes were high.

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5. 01

   The 2005 book Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner spent 146 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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