When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

Time to Read
5 hrs 6 mins

Reading Time

5 hrs 6 mins

How long to read When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants?

The estimated word count of When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants is 76,415 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 6 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 30 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 50 mins.

When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants - 76,415 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 8 hrs 30 mins
Average 250 words/min 5 hrs 6 mins
Fast 450 words/min 2 hrs 50 mins

More about When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

76,415 words

Word Count

for When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

400 pages

Pages
Hardcover: 400 pages
Paperback: 400 pages
Kindle: 400 pages

8 hours and 13 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast.When Freakonomics was first published, the authors started a blog—and they’ve kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books. In When to Rob a Bank, they ask a host of typically off-center questions: Why don’t flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would you attack? And why does KFC always run out of fried chicken?Over the past decade, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have published more than 8,000 blog posts on the Freakonomics website. Many of them, they freely admit, were rubbish. But now they’ve gone through and picked the best of the best. You’ll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.) You’ll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner’s own quirks and passions, from gambling and golf to backgammon and the abolition of the penny.  Read more