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Stephen J. Dubner
Stephen J. Dubner (born August 26, 1963) is a JewishAmerican journalist who has written four books and numerous articles. Dubner is best known as co-author (with economist Steven Levitt) of the pop-economics book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and its 2009 sequel, SuperFreakonomics.
Dubner grew up in Duanesburg, New York as the youngest of eight children in a devout Roman Catholic family. His parents, Paul and Veronica Dubner, had converted to Catholicism from Judaism. Stephen Dubner explains his own choice to practice Judaism as an adult as follows: "I did not grow up Jewish, but my parents did…But for my parents -- and now, for me, as I am becoming a Jew -- there is a pointed difference. We have chosen our religion, rejecting what we inherited for what we felt we needed."
Dubner's first published work was in the American children's magazine "Highlights for Children". Dubner received a scholarship from Appalachian State University in North Carolina, and graduated in 1984. At Appalachian he
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Stephen J. Dubner
Stephen J. Dubner (26 de agosto de 1963 (61 años) es un escritor y periodista estadounidense, que ha escrito tres libros y tiene múltiples artículos escritos en publicaciones nacionales y regionales.
Biografía
[editar]Stephen Dubner, (1963), nació en la zona rural de Nueva York, siendo el último de ocho hermanos. Su primera publicación fue Highlights for Children. Nacido en 1963 en Duanesburg, New York, de Solomon Dubner y Florence Greenglass, creció como el menor de ocho hermanos.[1] Su padre, que murió en 1973, cuando Dubner tenía 10 años, trabajaba como editor de copias en Troy Record.[2] Dubner creció en un devoto hogar católico. Sus padres se habían convertido del judaísmo al catolicismo antes de su nacimiento, pero de adulto decidió volver al judaísmo, experiencia que narra en su primer libro, Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family.[3]
Recibió una beca para estudiar en la Appalachian State University de Carolina del norte, de donde se graduó en 1984. En dicha universidad formó parte de la
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Stephen J. Dubner
American author, journalist, and podcast host
Stephen Joseph Dubner (born August 26, 1963) is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular Freakonomics book series: Freakonomics,[3]SuperFreakonomics,[4]Think Like a Freak[5] and When to Rob a Bank.[6] He is the host of Freakonomics Radio.
Early life and education
Born in 1963 in Duanesburg, New York, to Solomon Dubner (also known as Paul) and Florence Greenglass (also known as Florence Winters and Veronica Dubner), Dubner grew up as the youngest of eight children.[7] His father, who died in 1973 when Dubner was 10 years old, worked as a copy editor at The Record in Troy, New York.[2] Dubner grew up in a devout Roman Catholic household, his parents having converted from Judaism to Catholicism before his birth. As an adult, Dubner himself converted back to Judaism, an experience he chronicles in his first book, Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family.[8
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