具體描述
In the summer of 2003, the New York Times Magazine sent Stephen J. Dubner, an author and journalist, to write a profile of Steven D. Levitt, a heralded young economist at the University of Chicago. Levitt was not remotely interested in the things that interest most economists. More...
Instead, he studied the riddles of everyday lifefrom cheating to crime to child-rearingand his conclusions turned the conventional wisdom on its head. For instance, he argued that one of the main causes of the crime drop of the 1990s was the legalization of abortion twenty years earlier. (Unwanted children have a greater likelihood of becoming criminals; with so many unwanted children being aborted in the 1970s, the pool of potential criminals had significantly shrunk by the 1990s.) The Times article yielded an unprecedented response, a deluge of interest from thousands of curious, inspired, and occasionally distraught readers. Levitt and Dubner collaborated on a book that gives full play to Levitts most compelling ideas. Through forceful storytelling and pungent insight. FREAKONOMICS reminds us all that economics is, at root, the study of incentiveshow people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. Among the questions it answers: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? If drug dealers make so much money, why do they still live with their mothers? What makes a perfect parent? And, of course: What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? (Answer: they both cheat.)
著者簡介
史蒂芬·列維特，1994年在麻省理工大學取得經濟學博士學位。1997年進入芝加哥大學執教短短兩年時間列維特就成為芝加哥大學經濟學院終身教授。2002年列維特被選為美國科學院經濟學部委員。列維特還擔任《政治經濟學雜誌》（JPE）的編輯和《經濟學季刊》（OJE）的編輯。
史蒂芬·都伯納，《紐約時報》和《紐約客》長期撰稿人，著有暢銷書《騷動的靈魂》和《一個英雄崇拜者的自白》。
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地铁上断断续续把这本书翻完，倒是用了好久的时间。 这书也确实适合这样看，本来章节之间就毫无逻辑可言，玩转的是思维的那灵光一闪，实际说出真相的时候，后续的推理自己就也能完成了。 之前的过多评论都有点过了，好似看完后便开挂一样，经济学的学习模式有了颠覆性影响。 ...
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評分非常推荐这本书， 最近利用在地铁以及厕所时间在读. 读这本书的过程是极其愉快的，总可以打破自己很多习以为常，默认的观念，这本书让我想起来了另外一本书 ，outliers，都是在对我们很多习惯的观念进行分析与思考，结果是会让我们发现，实际上多少约定俗成的观念实际上是错...
評分这本书曾经高居Amazon排行榜，而且，他从英文翻译成中文，也是速度比较快的。我在豆瓣的第一个好友Windrose早早就为此书写过一篇书评，感兴趣的可以去参考。 既然已经不是时髦阅读物，现在来补写书评，我就勉为其难的语出惊人一回。 很多推介这本书的人，都介绍到作者讲了6...
評分昨天晚上开始读。因为昨晚没睡好，今天没精力做正事，下午索性把它读完，总共花了4小时的样子。 这本书是10年前的畅销书，在我书架上呆了也有七八年了。因为想找本易读又能启发思路的书才把它找了出来。 书总的来说还是很有趣。Levitt确实很有创造力，对常见的问题能够找到很...
用戶評價
專業名詞不多，內容比較輕鬆
评分"Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work — whereas economics represents how it actually does work."
评分專業名詞不多，內容比較輕鬆
评分淺顯的語言, 很耐看
评分淺顯的語言, 很耐看
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