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24 alternatives to Freakonomics - Trust Me

Societies that trust one another are healthier & wealthier.

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

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Freakonomics Radio - Freakonomics goes to college, part 2▲60
College makes people happier, healthier & wealthier. How so?
2015 · its alternatives →
2
The Zero-Sum Society▲61
Distribution and the possibilities for economic change
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
99% Invisible - The Magic Bureaucrat▲62
How overgeneralized correlational data influenced US welfare
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Freakonomics: Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream▲60
$7 bil: the consumer surplus Uber created.
2016 · its alternatives →
6
peers▲76
A resource for workers and consumers of the sharing economy
2014 · its alternatives →
7
Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60
Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
8
Effective Altruism Funds▲163
Do more good with an evidence-based charity portfolio 💡 📈
2017 · funds.effectivealtruism.org · its alternatives →
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Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes▲60
From the life-changing science of behavioral economics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Hidden Brain - Misbehaving▲54
Why most economists might as well be studying unicorns
2016 · its alternatives →
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Benjamen Walker's Theory Of Everything - Instaserfs (pt 1 of 3)▲62
Discover what its really like to work in the sharing economy
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
12
Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
13
Openfolio▲154
Sharing economy comes to personal investing
2014 · its alternatives →
14
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 →
15
Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲58
Food Fight: closing the gap between rich and poor
2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →
16
The Superstitious Network▲86
The invisible network that holds our world together.
2019 · its alternatives →
17
Freakonomics: The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think▲55
Kevin Kelly tries to predict the inevitable future.
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74
The blueprint of an abundant future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Predictably Irrational▲96
The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
The Rational Optimist▲77
How prosperity evolves
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Dudes of Disruption- 23: Money▲53
Our beliefs about money are tied to many areas of our life
2016 · podomatic.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive ▲2
The role of trust in facilitating and stabilizing society
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
The Skeptics’ Guide To The Universe - #555▲55
Science should more important than ideology
2016 · theskepticsguide.org · its alternatives →

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