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24 alternatives to Freakonomics: Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream

$7 bil: the consumer surplus Uber created.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Freakonomics: Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Bytes - Convenience is Addictive (Meng Wang, Expansion Manager, Uber)▲56
Exploring the rise of the on-demand economy
2016 · its alternatives →
2
The Information’s 411 — "Crush Them With Cash"▲64
Didi + Uber: the implications for the ride-sharing market
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
3
Analyse Asia #141: Reflections on China with Kaiser Kuo▲54
Why Uber has succeeded & not failed in China
2016 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
4
Freakonomics▲97
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
6
Layout – We Don’t Have Geniuses in this Country▲63
Uber's rebranding and Twitter's algorithmic timeline
2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →
7
The Uber Game▲324
Can you make it in the gig economy?
2017 · ig.ft.com · its alternatives →
8
Hidden Brain - Misbehaving▲54
Why most economists might as well be studying unicorns
2016 · its alternatives →
9
Ride Fair▲126
Compare Lyft & Uber pricing
2017 · ridefairapp.com · its alternatives →
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Analyse Asia 69: Uber versus Didi, OlaCabs and GrabTaxi with Josh Horwitz▲54
Uber's war with Didi, OlaCabs & GrabTaxi in Asia
2015 · blcw.me · its alternatives →
11
Collaborative Economy▲66
Weekly curated research on collaborative economy.
2015 · collaborativeeconomy.com · its alternatives →
12
Software Engineering Daily — Scaling Uber with Matt Ranney▲71
Matt Ranney breaks down the technical challenges and at Uber
2015 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
13
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 →
14
To Be Continuous - 12: The clash in OSS economics▲53
Developers want $$ but everyone else wants free software...
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
15
Lleverage▲70
The autonomous back office for the physical economy
14d ago · lleverage.ai · its alternatives →
16
Nimbl▲104
Uber for cash (SF only)
2014 · nimblme.com · its alternatives →
17
Exponent - 61: OpenAI and Strategy Credits▲66
OpenAI's new mission and what it says about capitalism
2015 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
18
The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism▲67
A 360 degree look on the topic of Future of Work.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Exponent - Competing Against Non-Consumption▲63
Apple's earnings and Twitter's troubles
2016 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
20
Über for Business▲84
Travel expense tools for employers
2014 · uber.com · its alternatives →
21
Kevinsured▲97
Chatbot insurance for the sharing economy.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60
Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
23
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes▲60
From the life-changing science of behavioral economics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Estimize▲95
Crowdsourced earnings estimates
2014 · estimize.com · its alternatives →

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