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24 alternatives to Freakonomics: How to Make a Bad Decision

What mistake affects umpires, loan officers & asylum judges?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Freakonomics: How to Make a Bad Decision launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes▲60
From the life-changing science of behavioral economics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Entrepreneur Fair - Amit Karp: Rookie Pitching mistakes▲53
Bessemer Ventures Vice President Amit Karp
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Freakonomics - How to Fix a Broken High-Schooler, in Four Easy Steps▲66
The demand side of the education equation.
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
4
The Misbehavior of Markets▲57
A fractal view of financial turbulence
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
When To Rob a Bank▲165
New book from the authors of Freakonomics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Planet Money - Can a Game Show Lose?▲79
The economics of game shows
2016 · its alternatives →
7
Make Money Online [Ep #44] - "Risky Business"▲60
What is risk? How does it factor into client objections?
2016 · makemoneyonline.exposed · its alternatives →
8
Freakonomics - Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors▲58
Playing the Powerball? Learn some facts about the lottery.
2016 · wnyc.org · its alternatives →
9
Predictably Irrational▲96
The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Freakonomics: The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think▲55
Kevin Kelly tries to predict the inevitable future.
2016 · its alternatives →
11
Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Freakonomics Podcast - Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations▲60
How do dangerous drugs make it to market?
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
13
Planet Money - Why People Do Bad Things▲2
Unethical behavior can be explained by cognitive errors
2015 · its alternatives →
14
Freakonomics Radio - Upside of Quitting▲54
"A winner never quits & a quitter never wins" - Are we sure?
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Cenario▲234
Dead simple forecasting for better decisions
2020 · its alternatives →
16
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know▲56
A new trivia-like series from the Freakonomics folks
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics Radio - Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-buck▲58
A team of economists running the numbers on the UN's goals
2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →
18
Misbehaving▲62
The making of behavioral economics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Make Money Online [Ep #46]: "It's The Economy, Stupid"▲61
How should you handle a shock to the economic system?
2016 · makemoneyonline.exposed · its alternatives →
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BizDevShotsPodcast - Assassinating a Bad Business Idea▲53
A bad business idea rant & the importance of screening
2016 · its alternatives →
21
Founder's Journey: How removing self-serve cancellations saved our business▲67
Why contact-to-cancel isn't as evil as you may think
2017 · baremetrics.com · its alternatives →
22
Hidden Brain - Misbehaving▲54
Why most economists might as well be studying unicorns
2016 · its alternatives →
23
Rational Choice in an Uncertain World▲55
The psychology of judgment and decision making
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics: Why Are We Still Using Cash?▲85
What do robbery, tax evasion & drug dealing have in common?
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →

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