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Paperback. Pub Date: November 2006 Pages: 496 in Publisher: William Morrow Which is more dangerous. a gun or a swimming pool What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have ins common Why do drug dealers still live with their moms How much the 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: freakon...

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"A showcase for Levitt's intriguing explorations into a number of disparate topics.... There's plenty of fun to be had."--Salon.com

"Freakonomics is politically incorrect in the best, most essential way.... This is bracing fun of the highest order."--Kurt Andersen, host of public radio's Studio 360 and author of Turn of the Century

"Levitt is a number cruncher extraordinaire."--Philadelphia Daily News

"An easy, funny read. Many unsolvable problems the Americans have could be solved with simple means."--Business World

"Levitt dissects complex real-world phenomena, e.g. baby-naming patterns and Sumo wrestling, with an economist's laser."--San Diego Union-Tribune

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Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given to the most influential American economist under forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.

Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know.



Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career--as an almost rock star--to become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times, and published three non-Freakonomics books.

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  • PublisherWilliam Morrow & Company
  • Publication date2006
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  • ISBN 13 9780061245138
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