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Stephen J. Dubner

Nascido: August 26, 1963 – Duanesburg, New York, United States

Stephen J. Dubner is an American journalist, author, and podcast host best known for co-authoring Freakonomics and its sequels with economist Steven D. Levitt. His work explores economics, incentives, and human behavior; Freakonomics sold millions of copies worldwide and was translated into dozens of languages.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

Stephen J. Dubner’s career joins curiosity, reporting, and narrative craft. Raised in upstate New York as the youngest of eight children in a family shaped by strong religious commitments and his father’s newspaper work, he started writing early; his first published piece appeared in Highlights. At Appalachian State University he studied communication and formed The Right Profile, a band signed to Arista Records. The decisive break came when he left music for graduate study, earning an M.F.A. at Columbia, teaching in its English Department, and moving into magazine and newspaper work at New York and The New York Times. That family history later became the basis of his memoir Turbulent Souls, later republished as Choosing My Religion. ((https://freakonomics.com/about/the-hosts/?utm_source=openai))

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Today is the first day of the rest of our blogging lives
-Welcome to the New Freakonomics.com
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A bleg = blog + beg — i.e., using a blog to beg for information
-Our Daily Bleg
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It has been said many times that awards are meaningless — unless you happen to win one
-Award Season
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Above all, I tend to compare articles from different newspapers that are based on the same event
-How do the Times and the Journal Report a Drop in Wall Street Bonuses?
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Nobody gets to where they get or becomes who they become, without some help along the way
-The Things They Taught Me
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I’d like you to stop whatever you’re doing right now
-The Upside of Quitting
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Shy and curious is a tough combination: there are answers you want to know but you’re not always comfortable asking the questions
-Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question?
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Storytelling is great, storytelling is the best, but storytelling with data is better
-A Question-Asker Becomes a Question-Answerer
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One reason I think our partnership has been so much fun for me is that it is a little bit like being in a band
-The One Thing Stephen Dubner Hasn’t Quit

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