Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to documentary “Freakonomics,” planning to release it theatrically in the fall. Pic, based on the bestseller by Steven Levitt and Stephen J.

First came the bestselling book, then the sequel, and now comes “Freakonomics” the movie, a kind of victory lap that both celebrates that success and demonstrates why the work of economist ...

“Freakonomics” co-author Steven Levitt and HarperCollins Publishers Inc. were sued for defamation by former Yale Law School researcher John Lott, whose work Levitt discusses in the bestselling ...

In their blockbuster book, "Freakonomics," Levitt and co-author Stephen Dubner show that economics is, at the root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want or need, especially ...

Yesterday the blog Freakonomics.com, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner authors of the wildly popular book of the same name, moved to a new home at the New York Times.Unless you've been ...

The 54-year-old journalist, whose “Freakonomics” WNYC radio show launches a six-week series, “The Secret Life of CEOs” starting Jan. 18, tells HANA R. ALBERTS about weekends with wife ...

Reading or listening to any of the Freakonomics phenomenon of 20 years ago felt like standing at the top of a three-legged fire tower: The perspective was interesting, but you felt as if it could ...

Freakonomics is the bestselling book and the podcast sensation that’s grabbing millions! Freakonomics. It’s the bestselling book and the podcast sensation that’s grabbing millions of fans ...

The Freakonomics guys are launching a new website, FreakonomicsExperiments.com, to help people who are having a hard time making a decision. It might be a big, complex decision (Should I quit my ...