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.
作者:(美國)斯蒂夫•列維特 (美國)斯蒂芬•都伯納 譯者:曾賢明
史蒂芬•列維特,芝加哥大學經濟學教授,榮獲約翰•貝茨•剋拉剋奬——這是一個隻頒發給40歲以下影響力最大的經濟學傢的奬項。列維特在2006年被《時代》雜誌評選為“全球最具影響力的一百人之一”。
史蒂芬•都伯納,《紐約時報雜誌》前撰稿人、編輯。著有《騷動的靈魂》,《一個英雄崇拜者的自白》,另著有兒童圖書《長兩個肚臍眼的男孩》。
书不错,就是里面的专家导读太倒胃口,完全没有用,出版社用来凑字的吧。。。 这都是什么专家写的啊,疑惑
評分 評分统计学应用之广,实用性之强不可否认,但不知从何时开始,统计学却演变成了造假的工具,混淆视听,害人不浅。本书的作者天生就是统计学的高手,运用统计学的和经济分析的方法为我们揭示了一个真实的世界,告诉每一位读者现实背后的真实原因!我们应该庆幸,作者没有凭借他的才...
評分本书的作者用微观经济学的手段和思维方式来研究社会问题,探讨的是一个小群体或者社会的一个方面的社会经济学规律,可谓独辟蹊径。谁说经济学一定就是理论概念和条条框框,那些所谓的经济学即没有准确预测经济危机,也没能帮我们挣到更多的钱,而这本被主流经济学家所不屑的书...
評分曾经听过一个段子,大意是说爱因斯坦同志在天堂和几个人聊天,大科学家问他们的智商是多少,其中一个人说他的智商是160,爱因斯坦说那你可以和我谈相对论,另一个人说他的智商是80,爱因斯坦则说那你可以和我谈经济学。 从这个段子就可以看出经济学家有多不受待见。在相当长的...
這本寫得蠻不錯的。好多這方麵的書都隻說到經濟學裏邊理性選擇的部分,但這本還講到瞭非理性的部分。特彆是念經濟,念過行為經濟學/金融學(Behavioral Finance),看著就會比較有趣咯。關於全球變暖的一章也很有啓發性。
评分不錯的,就是故事稍微輕瞭點兒
评分Well....not as good as expected. Oftentimes the authors just wander off to some unrelated topics without answering directly the questions being asked at the beginning.
评分the 5 star is purely for the first chapter on prostitute!
评分不全對 但是有點兒道理的東西 拉皮條的和real-estate agent簡直是絕配
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