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Is this the same story with Freakonomics?

I listen to their podcast and they seem pretty intelligent and don't really drawn crazy conclusions and always advice with a pinch of salt.

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I'd suppose there is a continuum from "totally made up" and the "100% true fact" and freakonomics leans a bit closer to the latter than gladwell, but e.g. the "names" prediction in the book was totally off (though I can't find the reference for this now).

is this 'Winner' and 'Loser' ?

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