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Freakonomics: History, Literary Connections & Cultures

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is the debut non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. Published on April 12, 2005, by William Morrow, the book has been described as melding pop culture with economics. By late 2009, the book had sold over 4…

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Freakonomics topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Literary Connections and Cultures as prominent areas in the source structure around Freakonomics.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
94
Extracted relationships
177
Concept neighborhoods
28
Bridge connections
94

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 37 topics
Progression · 28 topics
Criticism · 20 topics
Publishing history · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author
Steven D. Levitt · Stephen J. Dubner
Publication date
April 12, 2005
Publisher
William Morrow
Followed by
SuperFreakonomics
Language
English
Media type
Hardback and paperback

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Criticism

Publishing history

Progression

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Freakonomics connects Entity context

The extracted context around Freakonomics shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Freakonomics → American Economic Association, American Law, Ariel Rubinstein, Article, Buy Life Insurance, Day, December, DiNardo, Dubner, Economic Literature, Economics Review, Everything, Freak-Freakonomics, Gang Leader, Global Cooling, Hidden Side, Interesting Questions, ISBN, John, Journal Another extracted example is Freakonomics → AFI/Discovery SilverDocs, Alex Gibney, April, Chad Troutwine, Chris Romano, Closing Night Gala, Dan O'Meara, Eugene Jarecki, Fall, Heidi Ewing, In, It, June, Magnolia Pictures, Morgan Spurlock, No, Opening Night, Rachel Grady, Seth Gordon, The Movie. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Freakonomics

Top relations

related to Further reading · 40
Freakonomics → American Economic Association, American Law, Ariel Rubinstein, Article, Buy Life Insurance, Day, December, DiNardo, Dubner, Economic Literature, Economics Review, Everything, Freak-Freakonomics, Gang Leader, Global Cooling, Hidden Side, Interesting Questions, ISBN, John, Journal
related to Film adaptation · 21
Freakonomics → AFI/Discovery SilverDocs, Alex Gibney, April, Chad Troutwine, Chris Romano, Closing Night Gala, Dan O'Meara, Eugene Jarecki, Fall, Heidi Ewing, In, It, June, Magnolia Pictures, Morgan Spurlock, No, Opening Night, Rachel Grady, Seth Gordon, The Movie
related to Defamation case · 18
Freakonomics → Chicago Press, Dubner, Economics, HarperCollins Publishers, In, John, John Lott, Law, Less Crime, Levitt, Levitt's, Lott, Lott's, McCall, More Guns, On April, The Journal, University
related to Second edition · 17
Freakonomics → Dubner, Expanded Edition, Hoodwinked, However, In, In Chapter, January, Kennedy's, Klan, Ku Klux Klan, Levitt, Magazine, Revised, Several, Stetson Kennedy's, Stetson Kennedy's Florida, The New York Times
related to overview · 15
Freakonomics → Chapter, Crime, Discovering, Dubner, In Freakonomics, Information, John Donohue, Ku Klux Klan, Legalized Abortion, Levitt, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian, The, The Impact, Washington
related to Freakonomics blog · 11
Freakonomics → Annika Mengisen, In August, In March, In May, Lafsky, Magazine, March, Melissa Lafsky, The, The Freakonomics, The New York Times
related to history · 10
Freakonomics → Adult Nonfiction, April, Best Seller, Book Sense Book, Company, In, The, The New York Times, William Morrow, Year
related to Freakonomics Consulting Group · 9
Freakonomics → Daniel Kahneman, Founding, Freakonomics Consulting Group, Gary Becker, In, Levitt, Nobel, TGG Group, The Greatest Good
related to SuperFreakonomics · 9
Freakonomics → Dubner, Europe, In April, October, Stephen Dubner, Sudhir Venkatesh, SuperFreakonomics, The, United States
related to Freakonomics radio · 6
Freakonomics → Dubner, In September, It, Levitt, Marketplace, NPR

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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Freakonomics relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 177 structured relationships around Freakonomics. Examples in this analysis include Freakonomics → Author → Steven D. Levitt and Freakonomics → Author → Stephen J. Dubner. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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FreakonomicsAuthorSteven D. Levitt1.00infobox
FreakonomicsAuthorStephen J. Dubner1.00infobox
FreakonomicsFollowed bySuperFreakonomics1.00infobox
FreakonomicsISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
FreakonomicsLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
FreakonomicsMedia typeHardback and paperback1.00infobox
FreakonomicsOCLC733072361.00infobox
FreakonomicsPages336 pp (hardback edition)1.00infobox
FreakonomicsPublication dateApril 12, 20051.00infobox
FreakonomicsPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
FreakonomicsPublisherWilliam Morrow1.00infobox
FreakonomicsSubjectEconomics, sociology1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Freakonomics bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Blog, New and York. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Freakonomics, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Freakonomics with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Freakonomics — Overview · splits 57 ⟂ 38
Freakonomics — Progression · splits 66 ⟂ 29
Freakonomics — Criticism · splits 74 ⟂ 21
Freakonomics — Publishing history · splits 89 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Freakonomics

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples177
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Freakonomics to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Literary Connections & Cultures, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Freakonomics · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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