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The Resource Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

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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 much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. The authors 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. In this book, they set out to explore the hidden side of everything. If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work.--From publisher description
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eng
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1st ed.
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xii, 242 pages
Contents
  • An explanatory note
  • Introduction: the hidden side of everything
  • What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
  • How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents?
  • Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?
  • Where have all the criminals gone?
  • What makes a perfect parent?
  • Perfect parenting, Part II; or : would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweet?
  • Epilogue : two paths to Harvard
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9780060731328
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Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
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Freakonomics
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a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
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Language
eng
Summary
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 much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. The authors 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. In this book, they set out to explore the hidden side of everything. If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work.--From publisher description
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Levitt, Steven D
Dewey number
330
Index
index present
LC call number
HB74.P8
LC item number
L479 2005
Literary form
non fiction
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Dubner, Stephen J
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New York Times Bestseller List
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  • Economics
  • Economics
  • Économie politique
  • Économie politique
  • Économie politique
  • Économie politique
  • Doctrines économiques
  • Aspects psychologiques
  • Aspects sociaux
  • Etats-Unis d'Amérique
  • Conditions économiques
  • Economics
  • Economics
  • Psychologische aspecten
  • Sociologische aspecten
  • Alltag
  • Frage
  • Sozioökonomisches System
  • Wirtschaftsphilosophie
  • Wirtschaftstheorie
  • Wirtschaftswissenschaften
  • Aspect psychologique
  • Aspect sociologique
  • Science économique
  • Economics
  • Economics
  • Alltag
  • Frage
  • Sozioökonomisches System
  • Wirtschaftsphilosophie
  • Wirtschaftstheorie
  • Wirtschaftswissenschaften
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
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Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
An explanatory note -- Introduction: the hidden side of everything -- What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? -- How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents? -- Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? -- Where have all the criminals gone? -- What makes a perfect parent? -- Perfect parenting, Part II; or : would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweet? -- Epilogue : two paths to Harvard
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ocm57207630
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xii, 242 pages
Isbn
9780060731328
Lccn
2004065478
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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9780060731328
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regular print
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  • (Sirsi) o57207630
  • (OCoLC)57207630
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Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
An explanatory note -- Introduction: the hidden side of everything -- What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? -- How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents? -- Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? -- Where have all the criminals gone? -- What makes a perfect parent? -- Perfect parenting, Part II; or : would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweet? -- Epilogue : two paths to Harvard
Control code
ocm57207630
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xii, 242 pages
Isbn
9780060731328
Lccn
2004065478
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780060731328
Specific material designation
regular print
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  • (Sirsi) o57207630
  • (OCoLC)57207630

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