What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a great deal of complexity and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and-if the right questions are asked-is even more intriguing than we think. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. In Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of … well, everything. 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. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: Freakonomics. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues others have an admittedly freakish quality. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life-from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing-and whose conclusions turn the conventional wisdom on its head.įreakonomics is a ground-breaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask.
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