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Freakonomics Rev Ed Unabridged Cd: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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Freakonomics Rev Ed Unabridged Cd: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

by Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS | October 5, 2006 | Audio Book (CD)

Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool?
What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
How much do parents really matter?

These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life?from cheating and crime to parenting and sports?and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award?winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives?how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Maybe a stretch, but still very fascinating

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    4 years ago

    This compilation of hidden truths revealed through assessment and assimilation of cause and effect incentives was enlightening and ever encouraging that we should never stop questioning conventional wisdom.

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    Rating: 4/5

    I never thought of it like that before....

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    4 years ago

    Freakanomics was a book I'd been meaning to pick up and read for quite some time. When I finally did, I was glad. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but it gave a lot of interesting points and actually makes economics less dry (if you've ever studied economics you know how boring the subject can be if there is nothing to relate to it!).

    I especially like how they've traced baby names, and how some of the newer popular names are already popping up. Their predictions/forecast may be dead on.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Brain Teaser!

    Dee

    4 years ago

    I loved this book and the way it makes you look at alternative reasons for some of society's social issues developing into what they are today! Just great!

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    Freakonomics

    Jessica Bird

    5 years ago

    For anyone whose eyes glaze over when they hear people discussing economic policy etc - this book is about practical economics applied to everyday life. Some chapters may be less interesting than others, but overall it was a pretty great read.

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Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool?
What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
How much do parents really matter?

These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life?from cheating and crime to parenting and sports?and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award?winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives?how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.

About the Author

Steven D. Levitt is a professor of economics at the Universityof Chicago and a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal,awarded to the most influential economist under the age of forty.

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0 Pages, 5.3 x 5.75 x 1.56 in

October 5, 2006

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

English


0061238538
9780061238536

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