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Freakonomics (Revised Edition) (original 2005; edição 2006)

por Steven D Levitt (Autor), Stephen J. Dubner (Autor)

Séries: Freakonomics (1)

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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? 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.… (mais)
Membro:dmullet
Título:Freakonomics (Revised Edition)
Autores:Steven D Levitt (Autor)
Outros autores:Stephen J. Dubner (Autor)
Informação:William Morrow (2006), Edition: Revised, 336 pages
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  vorefamily | Feb 22, 2024 |
Good point: This book turned out to be mostly about data mining.
Bad point: I was hoping to read a book about economy for dummies.
Good point: It was fun to read, with lots of silly factoids.
Bad point: the factoids were not all that interesting for people outside of the USA.
Good point: It gave me nice ideas for data mining projects.
Bad point: the cheese. It was everywhere.
Bad point: the ending of each chapter contained at least one paragraph singing praise of Mr. Levitt. Really. I don't care if he's child prodigy / genius / revolutionary. I'm interested in his work, not his person. It's not bloody Bertrand Russell. Let his brilliancy speak for itself.
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  jd7h | Feb 18, 2024 |
Very interesting look at the world around us and the numbers that we THINK affect our world and its trends. ( )
  dlinnen | Feb 3, 2024 |
The book was ok but their podcast is soooo much better. Having already listened to the podcast, I found the book to be a significant overlap of the same material. While it went into depth in a few more areas, I really didn't need that and preferred the presentation style used in the podcasts. ( )
  donwon | Jan 22, 2024 |
If I were to write the action movie trailer for this book it would go: In a world where pundits constantly confuse correlation with cause and effect, one man refuses to oversimplify. Take that conventional wisdom! Plus I just noticed that the apple on the cover is an orange inside. ( )
  jennifergeran | Dec 23, 2023 |
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Economists can seem a little arrogant at times. They have a set of techniques and habits of thought that they regard as more ''rigorous'' than those of other social scientists. When they are successful -- one thinks of Amartya Sen's important work on the causes of famines, or Gary Becker's theory of marriage and rational behavior -- the result gets called economics. It might appear presumptuous of Steven Levitt to see himself as an all-purpose intellectual detective, fit to take on whatever puzzle of human behavior grabs his fancy. But on the evidence of ''Freakonomics,'' the presumption is earned.
 
adicionada por Shortride | editarThe Economist (sítio Web pago) (May 12, 2005)
 
The book, unfortunately titled Freakonomics, is broken into six chapters, each posing a different social question. Levitt and Dubner answer them using empirical research and statistical analysis. And unlike academics who usually address these matters, they don't clutter the prose with a lot of caveats. They just show you the goods.
adicionada por Shortride | editarTime, Amanda Ripley (Apr 24, 2005)
 
Freakonomics is about unconventional wisdom, using the raw data of economics in imaginative ways to ask clever and diverting questions. Levitt even redefines his definition. If, as he says, economics is essentially about incentives and how people realise them, then economics is a prospecting tool, not a laboratory microscope.
 

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Steven D. Levittautor principaltodas as ediçõescalculado
Dubner, Stephen J.autor principaltodas as ediçõesconfirmado
Lindgren, StefanTradutorautor secundárioalgumas ediçõesconfirmado
Seidenfaden, TøgerPrefácioautor secundárioalgumas ediçõesconfirmado
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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? 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.

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