Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner; Including a new conversation with Angela Duckworth.
By: Levitt, Steven D [author]
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Contributor(s): Dubner, Stephen J [author] | Duckworth, Angela [interviewer].
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BookNew York: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2020Edition: Revised and expanded edition.Description: xxvi, 323 pages : 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781663602466.Other title: Freakonomics.Subject(s): Economics -- Psychological aspects | Economics -- Sociological aspectsDDC classification: 330 | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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:Genius ...has you grasping in amazement." - The Wall Street journal"
Cover - "Including a new conversation with the authors and Angela Duckworth (Author of GRIT)"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content:
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
Bonus matter.
Summary:
"Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be feared more: snakes or french fries? Why do sumo wrestlers cheat? In this groundbreaking book, leading economist Steven Levitt--Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the American Economic Association's John Bates Clark medal for the economist under 40 who has made the greatest contribution to the discipline--reveals that the answers. Joined by acclaimed author and podcast host Stephen J. Dubner, Levitt presents a brilliant--and brilliantly entertaining--account of how incentives of the most hidden sort drive behavior in ways that turn conventional wisdom on its head."-- From Amazon
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