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Author Talk: 'Freakonomics' Franchise
Each idea presented by STEPHEN DUBNER of Freakonomics illustrates a story or example, providing audiences with illuminating thoughts for profitable thinking. With a trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, Dubner takes us inside his process and teaches us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally—to think, that is, like a Freak.
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Freakonomics: Business & Management
Tailored to your industry interests, preeminent journalist STEPHEN DUBNER aims to provide insights specific to the marketplace, elucidating his opinion on risks of the future and the best practices for today. By sharing the stories the data is telling, Dubner educates audiences on the latest cases and research relevant to their organization.
Freakonomics: The Power of Incentive
In this engaging presentation, journalist STEPHEN DUBNER addresses the fact that the old rules of business just don’t apply anymore. It’s a new world, and that demands a new way of thinking. Dubner offers audiences a method for digging beneath the surface of modern business practices to address what good management looks like today.
How to Think Like a Freak
Using humor and first-rate storytelling, STEPHEN DUBNER discusses the sort of topics that are on every businessperson’s mind these days: the ways to create behavior change, the incentives that work and don’t work, and the value of asking unpopular questions.
Rave Reviews: Stephen Dubner delivers beyond audience expectations
Journalist STEPHEN DUBNER consistently receives rave reviews for his events:
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Stephen Dubner hosts 'Freakonomics Radio'
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and radio and TV personality STEPHEN DUBNER hosts hit Freakonomics Radio podcast, uncovering the hidden side of everything. From Google executives to composers, Dubner and his guests find a fresh perspective. Freakonomics Radio is heard by millions across NPR and other outlets. Dubner's hosting is a mix of just the kind of wit, in-depth research, and out-of-the-box thinking he's heralded for at each of his speaking engagements.
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Event Success Story: Stephen J. Dubner honors teachers at The Economics Center
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and radio and TV personality STEPHEN DUBNER was invited to speak at the University of Cincinnati's The Economics Center's Annual Awards. The Center requested Dubner for his keynote address due to his pragmatic approach to finance and economics, which has made the Freakonomics series a household name. The University of Cincinnati said, "Dubner was great and our attendees thoroughly enjoyed his keynote."
Watch Stephen Dubner give the Appalachian State University Commencement >>
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known as co-author of the Freakonomics book series, which have sold more than 7 million copies in over 40 countries. He is also the host of Freakonomics Radio, which gets 8 million monthly downloads and airs on NPR stations and elsewhere.
Freakonomics, published in 2005, was an instant international bestseller and cultural phenomenon. SuperFreakonomics followed to similar acclaim in 2009, and in 2010 a documentary film version of Freakonomics was chosen as the closing film of the Tribeca Film Festival. Think Like a Freak, published in 2014, immediately took up a long residency atop the international bestseller lists, and was followed by When to Rob a Bank, a collection of posts from the Freakonomics blog, which has been called “the most readable economics blog in the universe.”
Dubner has appeared widely on television, including as a regular contributor to ABC News and as host of the NFL Network's Football Freakonomics, which was nominated for an Emmy.
His other books include Turbulent Souls (1998); Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper (2003), and the children's book The Boy With Two Belly Buttons (2007). His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing, The Best American Crime Writing, and others.
The eighth and last child of an upstate New York newspaperman, Dubner has been writing for a long time. (His first published work appeared, at age 11, in Highlights magazine.) As an undergraduate at Appalachian State University, he started a rock band that was signed to Arista Records, which landed him in New York City. He ultimately quit playing music to earn an M.F.A. in writing at Columbia University, where he also taught in the English Department. He worked at New York Magazine and The New York Times before launching his book and radio career.
He lives in New York with his wife, the documentary photographer Ellen Binder, and their two children.
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