{"id":160,"date":"2015-03-19T12:38:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T12:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behaviouraleconomic.co.uk\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2018-02-09T11:39:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:39:47","slug":"freakonomics-a-rogue-economist-explores-the-hidden-side-of-everything-steven-d-levitt-stephen-j-dubner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.behaviouraleconomic.co.uk\/resources\/books\/freakonomics-a-rogue-economist-explores-the-hidden-side-of-everything-steven-d-levitt-stephen-j-dubner\/","title":{"rendered":"Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything \u2013 Steven D. Levitt &#038; Stephen J. Dubner (2001)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.behaviouraleconomic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Freakonomics.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.behaviouraleconomic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Freakonomics-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Freakonomics\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.behaviouraleconomic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Freakonomics-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.behaviouraleconomic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Freakonomics.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>From the publisher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?<\/p>\n<p>What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?<\/p>\n<p>How much do parents really matter?<\/p>\n<p>These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life\u2014from cheating and crime to parenting and sports\u2014and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head.<\/p>\n<p><em>Freakonomics<\/em>\u00a0is 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.<\/p>\n<p>Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives\u2014how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0141019018\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0141019018&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=behaviorale0b-21&amp;linkId=SUV6KLVHXE57WRYK\">Buy on Amazon<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=behaviorale0b-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0141019018\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the publisher: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? 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