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Freakonomics [revised and expanded]

"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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head... Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of, well--everything... If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work."--Book jacket, front flap.

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  • "Dos economistas políticamente incorrectos exploran el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta"@es
  • "Economista políticamente incorrecto explora el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta"@es
  • "Freakonomics : un economista políticamente incorrecto explora el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta"@es
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  • "Freakonomics : un economista poltíticamente incorrecto explora el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta"

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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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head... Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of, well--everything... If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work."--Book jacket, front flap."@en
  • ""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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head... Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of, well--everything... If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work."--Book jacket, front flap."
  • "Offers an alternative view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing."
  • "Een econoom en een journalist onderzoeken allerlei zaken uit het dagelijks leven vanuit een economisch en statistisch standpunt."
  • "In this book "Levitt turns conventional economics on its head, stripping away the jargon and calculations of the 'experts' to explore the riddles of everyday life and examine topics such as: how chips are more likely to kill than a terrorist attack ; why sportsmen cheat and how fraud can be spotted ; why violent crime can be linked not to gun laws, policing or poverty, but to abortion ; how money affects elections ; and how the name you give your child can give them an advantage in later life. Ultimately, he shows us that economics is all about how people get what they want, and what makes them do it."--Jacket."
  • "Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics."
  • "Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship. Elsewhere, by analyzing data gathered from inner-city Chicago drug-dealing gangs, Levitt outlines a corporate structure much like McDonald's, where the top bosses make great money while scores of underlings make something below minimum wage. And in a section that may alarm or relieve worried parents, Levitt argues that parenting methods don't really matter much and that a backyard swimming pool is much more dangerous than a gun. These enlightening chapters are separated by effusive passages from Dubner's 2003 profile of Levitt in The New York Times Magazine, which led to the book being written. In a book filled with bold logic, such back-patting veers Freakonomics, however briefly, away from what Levitt actually has to say. Although maybe there's a good economic reason for that too, and we're just not getting it yet."@en
  • ""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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head ... Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of, well--everything ... If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work."--Book jacket, front flap."@en
  • "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."
  • ""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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head ... Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of, well--everything ... If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work."--"@en
  • "Warum wohnen Drogenhändler bei ihren Müttern? - Führt mehr Polizei zu weniger Kriminalität? - Sind Swimmingpools gefährlicher als Revolver? - Macht gute Erziehung glücklich?. Überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen. Die moderne Welt wird immer komplizierter. Und selten ist konventionelle wissenschaftliche Methodik geeignet, uns auf vernünftige Fragen praktische Antworten zu liefern. Steven Levitt, ein brillanter junger Professor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, untersucht mit ökonomischen "Werkzeugen" eine Vielzahl gesellschaftlicher Themen. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Journalisten Stephen Dubner ist ein Buch entstanden, das zahlreiche Aha-Effekte garantiert, das uns manchmal schmunzeln lässt und stets über eindimensionales Denken hinausführt. So lassen sich viele scheinbar komplexe Probleme mit dem richtigen Schlüssel relativ einfach lösen. Hier werden Fragen aus verschiedensten Gebieten beantwortet, Fehleinschätzungen korrigiert und Verbindungen hergestellt, an die man oft nicht einmal ansatzweise denkt."
  • "Sind Swimmingpools gefährlicher als Revolver? Warum betrügen Lehrer? Der preisgekrönte Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Steven D. Levitt kombiniert Statistiken, deren Zusammenführung und Gegenüberstellung auf den ersten Blick absurd erscheint, durch seine Analysetechnik aber zu zahlreichen Aha-Effekten führt. Ein äußerst unterhaltsamer Streifzug durch die Mysterien des Alltags, der uns schmunzeln lässt und stets über eindimensionales Denken hinausführt."
  • "More Than 4 Million Copies Sold Worldwide />Published in 35 Languages</ 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.<"@en
  • "¿Qué resulta más peligroso, una pistola o una piscina? ¿Por qué continúan los traficantes de drogas viviendo con sus madres? Quizás éstas no sean las típicas preguntas que formula un economista, pero el autor no es un economista típico. Es un especialista que estudia la esencia y los enigmas de la vida cotidiana y cuyas conclusiones, con frecuencia, ponen patas arriba la sabiduría convencional. A través de ejemplos prácticos y una sarcástica perspicacia, Levitt y su coautor demuestran que la economía, en el fondo, representa el estudio de los incentivos: el modo en que las personas obtienen lo que desean, o necesitan, especialmente cuando otras personas desean o necesitan lo mismo. Este libro singular analiza el trasfondo de muchas de nuestras decisiones cotidianas demostrando que las leyes económicas pueden explicar el porqué de muchas de nuestras acciones; literalmente redefine el modo en que vemos el mundo.--Desde la descripción de la editorial."
  • ""In an age of too much wishful, faith-based conventional wisdom on the right and left, and too much intellectual endeavor squeezed into prefab ideological containers, Freakonomics is politically incorrect in the best, most essential way. Levitt and Dubner suss out all kinds of surprising truths--sometimes important ones, sometimes merely fascinating ones--by means of a smart, deep, rigorous, open-minded consideration of facts, with a fearless disregard for whom they might be upsetting. This is bracing fun of the highest order"--Book description."
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Par le biais de questions délibérément excentriques, telle que la question de savoir pourquoi les dealers habitent chez leurs parents alors que le trafic de drogue est une activité lucrative, mais sérieuses dans le fond, les auteurs analysent les fondements de l'économie. Cette approche, la freakonomics ou économie saugrenue, a eu un écho considérable aux USA."
  • "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 Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan. What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter."@en
  • "On sociological and philosophical aspects of economics."
  • ""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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head ... Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they 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."--Book jacket, front flap."
  • "Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, 'Freakonomics' will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens."
  • "Een econoom en een journalist onderzoeken allerlei zaken uit het dagelijkse leven vanuit een economisch en statistisch oogpunt."
  • "A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING."

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  • "Humor"
  • "Popular works"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Non Fiction"@en
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Spanish language materials"
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  • "Freakonomics überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen ; [warum wohnen Drogenhändler bei ihren Müttern? Führt mehr Polizei zu weniger Kriminalität? Sind Swimmingpools gefährlicher als Revolver? Macht gute Erziehung glücklich?]"
  • "Freakonomics [revised and expanded]"@en
  • "Koetcha kyŏngjehak = Freakonomics"
  • "Freakonomics"
  • "Freakonomics"@en
  • "Freakonomics"@es
  • "Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything ; [with new material, including an author Q&A]"
  • "Freakonomics : überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen"
  • "Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything"@en
  • "Economia freaky : un economista provocador explica la cara oculta de la realitat"
  • "Freakonomia : świat od podszewki"@pl
  • "Freakonomia : świat od podszewki"
  • "Freakonomics : een tegendraadse econoom ontdekt de verborgen kant van bijna alles"
  • "Kinh tế học hài hước : khám phá những khía cạnh bất ngờ còn ẩn khuất của mọi hiện tượng xã hội từ quan điển kinh tế học"
  • "괴짜경제학 = Freakonomics"
  • "Freakonomics : Überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen"
  • "Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything"
  • "Freakonomics : überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Fragen"
  • "Economía "freaky" : un economista provocador explica la cara oculta de la realitat"
  • "Frikonomika : mnenie ėkonomista-dissidenta o neozhidannykh svi︠a︡zi︠a︡kh mezhdu sobytii︠a︡mi i i︠a︡vlenii︠a︡mi"
  • "Freakonomics [French]"@en
  • "Freakonomics Überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen - Warum wohnen Drogenhändler bei ihren Müttern? * Führt mehr Polizei zu weniger Kriminalität? * Sind Swimmingpools gefährlicher als Revolver? * Macht gute Erziehung glücklich?"
  • "Freakonomics : en vildsint ekonom förklarar det moderna livets gåtor"@sv
  • "FREAKONOMICS : A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING"@en
  • "Freakonomics a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything"
  • "Freakonomics a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything"@en
  • "Freakonomics : [dos economistas políticamente incorrectos exploran el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta]"
  • "Freakonomics überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen"
  • "Фрикономика : мнение экономиста-диссидента о неожиданных связях между событиями и явлениями"
  • "Freakonomics Udpated"
  • "Freakonomics : [un economista políticamente incorrecto explora el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta]"
  • "Freakonomics : [un economista políticamente incorrecto explora el lado oculto de lo que nos afecta]"@es
  • "Freakonomics : ekonom "nyeleneh" membongkar sisi tersembunyi segala hal"
  • "Frikonomika : mnenie ėkonomista-dissidenta o neozhidannykh svi︠a︡zi︠a︡kh mezhdu sobytii︠a︡mi i i︠a︡vlenii︠a︡mi / Stiven D. Levitt, Stiven Dzh. Dabner ; per. s angl"
  • "괴짜경제학"
  • "Economía freaky : un economista provocador explica la cara oculta de la realitat"@es
  • "Koetcha kyŏngjehak"
  • "FREAKONOMICS"
  • "Freakonomics a rogue economist explores"@en
  • "Freakonomics / a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything"@en
  • "Frīkonômiksa"
  • "Freakonomics : un economista políticamente incorrecto explora el lado oculta de lo quenos afecta"
  • "Freakonomics een tegendraadse econoom ontdekt de verborgen kant van bijna alles"
  • "Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of Everything"
  • "Freakonomics : a roque economist explores the hidden side of everything"
  • "Freakonomics : outoustalous"@fi
  • "Freakonomics a rogue econnmist explores the hidden side of everything"@en
  • "Freakonomics : Überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen ; [Warum wohnen Drogenhändler bei ihren Müttern? Führt mehr Polizei zu weniger Kriminalität? Sind Swimmingpools gefährlicher als Revolver? Macht gute Erziehung glücklich?]"
  • "Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything"@en
  • "Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything"
  • "Freakonomics : Überraschende Antworten auf alltägliche Lebensfragen ; Warum wohnen Drogenhändler bei ihren Müttern?, Führt mehr Polizei zu weniger Kriminalität?, Sind Swimmingpools gefährlicher als Revolver?, Macht gute Erziehung glücklich?"

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