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  Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything 1st ed.

  Author

  Levitt, Steven D.  

  Publisher:

  William Morrow,

  Pub date:

  c2005.

  Physical desc:

  xii, 242 p. ;

  ISBN:

  006073132X

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  2 copies available.
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  Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything 1st ed.
  Levitt, Steven D.
  

  ISBN:

  006073132X (acid-free paper)

  ISBN:

  9780060731328 (acid-free paper)

  Personal Author:

  Levitt, Steven D.

  Title:

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

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : William Morrow, c2005.

  Physical descrip:

  xii, 242 p. ; 24 cm.

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  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.

  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.

  Subject term:

  Economics--Psychological aspects.

  Subject term:

  Economics--Sociological aspects.

  Added author:

  Dubner, Stephen J.

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ISBN:

006073132X (acid-free paper)

ISBN:

9780060731328 (acid-free paper)

Personal Author:

Levitt, Steven D.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

New York : William Morrow, c2005.

Physical descrip:

xii, 242 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

Subject term:

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Subject term:

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Added author:

Dubner, Stephen J.