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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