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Authors: Steven D. Levitt,Stephen J. Dubner
When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants (35 page)
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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 forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.
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 since taught English at Columbia, worked for
The New York Times
, and published three non-Freakonomics books.
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WHEN TO ROB A BANK
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