Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt are the author behind Freakonomics, the giant pop culture meets economics book from last year. It's sold massively around the world, and dives off into a world of topics not normally looked at by economists.
Can we stop global warming with a hose pipe? They look at topics from 'Information control as applied to the Ku Klux Klan and real-estate agents' to 'The economics of drug dealing, including the surprisingly low earnings and abject working conditions of crack cocaine dealers.'
Unsurprisingly, it's pretty fascinating and 4 million people thought so too, buying the book. Today it comes to stage for the first time ever "in a bold, hilarious and entertaining evening. With super smart thinking and great storytelling SUPERFREAKONOMICS LIVE! challenges the way we think explores how people respond to incentives and show the world for what it really is.. super freaky."
'A humdinger of a book: page-turning, politically incorrect and ever-so-slightly intoxicating, like a large swig of tequila' - Times
There's a pretty good video about it all, if you can deal with the shiny ABC foreheads. It's definitely worth a watch.
Time: 8pm, doors at 7.15pm
Cost: £12.50, £10 concessions
Location: Brighton Dome
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