SUMMARY - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side Of Everything By Steven D. Levitt And Stephen J. Dubner
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By reading this summary, you will discover through concrete examples an innovative way of looking at the world. Why do dealers live with their parents? How can information be used to dismantle a terrorist group? By answering these unusual questions, the authors of "Freakonomics" bring to the forefront the little-known workings of the economy.
You will also discover that :
- Incentives are at the root of many human behaviors;
- Popular wisdom is often mistaken;
- Behind great consequences are sometimes hidden distant causes;
- Information is exploited by experts for their own profit;
- Determining what needs to be measured to conduct a study is fundamental.
The authors of Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, are Harvard economist and New York Times Magazine writer respectively. They are the inventors of the eponymous science of exploring societal issues using the tools of economics. You will learn how the tools of economics can be exploited to answer unusual and interesting questions.
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