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

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2005 copyright 2005Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 242 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 071399908X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 .L666 2005
LOC classification:
  • HB74.P8 .L479 2005
Summary: "Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life'from cheating and crime to parenting and sports'and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. <Freakonomics</ is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they 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." --Book jacket
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Print Materials Graduate School Library Master in Business Administration 330 .L666 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0093885
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Includes index

"Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life'from cheating and crime to parenting and sports'and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. <Freakonomics</ is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they 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." --Book jacket

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