Sep 10 2014
Steve Levitt
Author of Freakonomics
Steve Levitt is a much-heralded young scholar, who studies the riddles of everyday life – from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing. His conclusions regularly turn conventional wisdom on its head. He is the author of the best-seller, ‘Freakonomics’, and appears regularly on television and in the media talking about his economic theories and revolutionary ideas.
“The most influential economist in America under the age of 40”
Steve is a 37-year old self-effacing Midwestern father of four who has an enormous curiosity and is set on course by personal experiences and the incongruities he sees in everyday life. He is an intuitionist. He sifts through a pile of data to find a story that no one else has found and devises ways to measure an effect that veteran economists have declared immeasurable. He has shown other economists just how well their tools can make sense of the real world. [/expand]
In his presentations he sets out to explore the hidden side of…well, everything – the inner-workings of a crack gang, the truth about real-estate agents, the myths of campaign finance, the tell-tale marks of a cheating schoolteacher, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan and much more.[/expand]
Engaging, witty and unconventional, Steve is a truly inspirational speaker and always leaves audiences charged and invigorated.[/expand]
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Topics
Freakonomics
World Economics
The Economics of Big Business
Publications
2006
Freakonomics
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