Stephen J. Dubner

Books

• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
  Very popular and quick read (though some parts you can skip like the whole name chapter). The authors analyze data to draw some interesting and controversial conclusion.

• SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
  Pop-economcics follow up to the original Freakonics book. SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: * Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? * What's the best way to catch a terrorist? * Did TV cause a rise in crime? * What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? * Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness? * Can eating kangaroo save the planet?

Web sites

• Freakonomics
  Blog by the authors of the Freakonomics book which also includes many guest posts in teh same pop-economic vein.