Steven D. Levitt is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and the recipient of the John Bates Clark medal, awarded to the most influential economist under the age of forty.
The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first. Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary? SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? How much good do car seats do? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise in crime? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness? Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is – good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky. Freakonomics has been imitated many times over – but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match.
记得之前写过一篇关于发生关系的文章,写的是《魔鬼经济学》这本书,不过当时写的不怎么尽兴,因为这本书是在翻译的太词不达意了,当然也可能是作者自身的思维错乱的问题。最近这书的作者又出了一本叫做《超爆魔鬼经济学》的书,应该可以被视为上一本书的续集(说它是续...
評分人类是一个自负的物种,他们中的医生不爱在进行手术前洗手(注意,这是在巴斯德业已发现病菌是感染的元凶之后)、他们认为安全带使用起来十分麻烦(而且这还是在无礼地质疑司机的技术)、他们还觉得自己一定能够打败庄家或者市场(实际上真的能做到的人用半只手都数的...
評分《超爆魔鬼经济学》这本书似乎讲的不是严格意义上的经济学,而是属于“经济分析”,很多似乎看上去和经济学没有关系的事情,原来居然是可以用经济学来解释的。导致大多数男女薪水差异的主要原因在于:女性追求高薪的愿望不足?为什么世界上大部分顶级运动员都出生在1月-3...
評分“一些专家认为人类正处在一个新的,恶化了的全球气候模式的边缘,而且没有准备好怎么应对… 气候变化是对全世界人的威胁”。– 《纽约时报》 “气候变化将强迫调整世界范围内的经济和社会活动… 气候学家对政治家们是否有能力应对气候变化,哪怕仅仅是减轻其影响,持悲观的...
評分我是在豆瓣上看到这本书的,感觉挺有意思,于是去淘宝上买了正版书籍阅读,最终用了一星期的时间读完。 拿到手,验了货,确实是正版书籍。本书我之所以给出4星的评价,是因为本书的印刷错误(包括错别字、标点错误、空格错误、多字少字及其他错误)共计174处(不完...
沒有第一本齣彩
评分sort of incoherent from here to there..but LOL these two guys are probably the funniest academics
评分All about incentive - a controversial though very, very enjoyable reader. Despite few positive reviews, I still adore Steve much - not the other author of course. The zigzag and sarcastic way of writing also intrigues me, especially the epilogue about monkeys under the influence of money. The "Variable X" riddle in the chapter on identifying terrorists makes me itch too.
评分最後的猴子實驗太歡樂瞭
评分All about incentive - a controversial though very, very enjoyable reader. Despite few positive reviews, I still adore Steve much - not the other author of course. The zigzag and sarcastic way of writing also intrigues me, especially the epilogue about monkeys under the influence of money. The "Variable X" riddle in the chapter on identifying terrorists makes me itch too.
本站所有內容均為互聯網搜索引擎提供的公開搜索信息,本站不存儲任何數據與內容,任何內容與數據均與本站無關,如有需要請聯繫相關搜索引擎包括但不限於百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美書屋 版权所有