Books like When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt

Name: When to Rob a Bank
Rating: 3.571428571428 (7 reviews)
Author: Steven D. Levitt

📘 When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt compiles the best of over 8,000 blog posts from Freakonomics.com. He examines questions such as why people lie, how to reduce gun deaths, the prospect of a sex tax, and the infamous idea of robbing a bank, concluding that the return on investment is essentially zero. The book also offers insight into Levitt’s personal interests—gambling, golf, backgammon, and his advocacy for abandoning the penny—providing a humorous yet analytical look at economics, psychology, and sociology.

First publish date: 2015

Genre: Business & Economics/Finance

Authors: Steven D. Levitt

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 (7 community ratings)

All books by Steven D. Levitt

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to When to Rob a Bank (8 similar books)

📘 Freakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt

Freakonomics reveals how hidden incentives shape everyday life, from crime to education, using data-driven insights that challenge conventional wisdom.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (165 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Freakonomics

📘 Superfreakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt

Superfreakonomics, the sequel to the bestseller Freakonomics, explores economics through unconventional questions, blending finance, psychology, and sociology to reveal hidden incentives that shape everyday life.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (26 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Superfreakonomics

📘 Nudge

by Richard H. Thaler

Nudge offers a practical guide to libertarian paternalism, showing how subtle design changes can help people make wiser decisions without restricting freedom.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (22 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Nudge

📘 The Undercover Economist

by Tim Harford

A must-read for anyone wanting to understand the economy without the jargon of academia, Tim Harford's 'The Undercover Economist' offers practical insights into everyday economics in a relatable and accessible way.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (14 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Undercover Economist

📘 Narrative Economics

by Robert J. Shiller

★★★★★★★★★★ 2.5 (2 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Narrative Economics

📘 Success and luck

by Robert H. Frank

Robert H. Frank examines how unexpected chance and psychological factors shape success, arguing that a deeper grasp of luck can guide more equitable economic and social systems.

★★★★★★★★★★ 2.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Success and luck

📘 The Logic of Scientific Discovery

by Karl Popper

When first published in 1959, this book revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge. It remains the one of the most widely read books about science to come out of the twentieth century.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Logic of Scientific Discovery

📘 How to Rob a Bank

by Tom Mitchell

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like How to Rob a Bank

Some Other Similar Books

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Other Inequalities of Power by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t by Nate Silver
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!

Please login to submit books!