Downloading Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
SUMMARY:
Steven D. 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.
Steven D. 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.