Freakonomics a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
"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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typica...
| Main Author: | Levitt, Steven D. |
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| Other Authors: | Dubner, Stephen J. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
William Morrow,
c2006.
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| Edition: | Rev. and expanded ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the hidden side of everything
- What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
- How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents?
- Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?
- Where have all the criminals gone?
- What makes a perfect parent?
- Perfect parenting, Part II; or, Would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweet?
- Epilogue : two paths to Harvard
- Bonus material added to the revised and expanded 2006 ed.