Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything About the Author Steven Levitt is a tenured professor in the University of Chicago's Economics Department and editor of The Journal of Political Economy. This will be his first book. Stephen J. Dubner is the best-selling author of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family and, most recently, of Confessions of a Hero Worshiper