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| Takes an unconventional look at how the economy really works, from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, offering a very different view on what really matters and what really drives the economy, in an edition than includes a new preface, additional material, and a Q&A with the author and Stephen Dubner. 500,000 first printing. Original. |
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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Stephen J. Dubner · Steven D. Levitt |
| Nonfiction Subcategory: |
General |
| Nonfiction Category: |
Business & Economics |
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Ruminator Review: "Informative, provocative and relentlessly rational....", Time: "Levitt has compiled a greatest hits mix of his research....FREAKONOMICS is accessible to people who don't understand regression analysis, the procedure statisticians use to sort through data....He relishes studying us....", Lowenstein, Roger, New York Times: "[Levitt and Dubner's] clever juxtapositions, the way they constantly mine illuminating truths by contrasting seemingly unrelated topics, is what makes FREAKONOMICS a romp to read....FREAKONOMICS is a splendid book, full of unlikely but arresting historical details that distinguish the authors from the run of pop social scientists. Readers may even find themselves developing a dose of skepticism about the world--no bad thing.", Seabright, Paul, Times Literary Supplement: "This book should be read at a single sitting: it is written with great fluency and brio....At its best, it has the pace and the mock hard-boiled charm of a collection of Hammett or Chandler detective stories.", Sunstein, Cass R., New Republic: "What makes Levitt's work distinctive is that he does not rest content with theory. In many domains, he offers remarkably creative empirical tests for theoretical claims, and he shows where they stand or fall....There is no such thing as freakonomics. Nor is there anything remotely freaky about Levitt's approach....Levitt stands out not because of any large claims about human motivations, but because of his remarkable ingenuity, creativity, and sheer doggedness in investigating empirical questions about which no one seems to know much at all." |
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Book Editions
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- Paperback
- 315
- September 01, 2009
- Perennial
- 8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 1"(d), 0.58 lbs.
- 9780060731335
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First Line
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| Publisher's Note: |
Anyone living in the United States in the early 1990s and paying even a whisper of attention to the nightly news or a daily paper could be forgiven for having been scared out of his skin. |
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