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Synopsis
Assume nothing, question everything.
This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon.
'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell
'A sensation ... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph
'Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next' Wall Street Journal
'Dazzling ... a delight' Economist
'Made me laugh out loud' Scotland on Sunday
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‘A phenomenon ... their approach has won the book a cult following’ -- Observer
‘A sensation ... you’ll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?’ -- Sunday Telegraph
‘Freakonomics reads like a detective novel ... has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next’ -- Wall Street Journal
‘The book is a delight; it educates, surprises and amuses ... dazzling’ -- Economist
‘Total controversy ... Levitt has shocked the world’ -- Sunday Express
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More Than 4 Million Copies Sold Worldwide
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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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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0141019018
- ISBN 13 9780141019017
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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