Park University - Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics, and its sequel, Superfreakonomics, will provide business and management lessons from Superfreakonomics as the featured speaker of Park University's third annual Xerox Global Business Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct. 7, at Kansas City's Folly Theater, beginning at 7 p.m.

Freakonomics, published in 2005, became an instant best-seller and cultural phenomenon, with more than 4 million copies sold worldwide, including more than 1.5 million in the U.S. It won the inaugural Quill Award for best business book; was short-listed for the inaugural Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book Award; received a Visionary Award from

Vanderbilt University News - Nashville,TN,USA - Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the international best-seller Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, will speak at Vanderbilt University Tuesday, Nov. 18.

Dubner’s talk begins at 7 p.m. in the ballroom of the Student Life Center located at 310 25th Ave. S. on Vanderbilt’s campus. The university’s Speakers Committee, a student-run organization, is sponsoring the event.

Tickets for the lecture are available now. General public tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster at 615-255-9600 or www.ticketmaster.com. General admission tickets are $10. Tickets are free to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff and must be picked up in advance at the

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA - VARBusiness 500 to Welcome Record Number of New Companies; New York Times
Best Selling Author, Stephen J. Dubner, and performance metrics guru, Jeffrey MA, to Keynote Event.

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