Freakonomics vs The Psychology of Money: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Finance, Psychology, Business
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How…
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The Psychology of Money
Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. How to manage money,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Freakonomics has the widest readership — 910173 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Freakonomics | The Psychology of Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (910173) | 3.4 (21) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (308) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (77) | 4.5 (46) |
Reception
| Freakonomics | The Psychology of Money | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 910173 | 424 |
| Editions | 63 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 606125 | — |
| Reading it now | 18366 | — |
| Written reviews | 21068 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 6137 | 9979 |
| Pages | 336 | 272 |