Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

By:

Levitt, Steven D

Contributor(s):

Dubner J. Stephen [Co-Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London: Penguin Books, 2006.Description: xv,: 320 pISBN:

9780141019017

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330 LEV-F

Contents:

An explanatory note -- 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.

Summary: Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, 'Freakonomics' will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330 LEV-F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 2	Available	001817
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330 LEV-F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 3	Available	005485
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330 LEV-F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 4	Available	005486
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	330 LEV-F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 1	Available	001816

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An explanatory note --
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.

Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, 'Freakonomics' will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

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