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S'està carregant… Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (2005)de Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (Autor)
  
Books Read in 2016 (1,203) Unread books (245) » 16 més Top Five Books of 2019 (299) Books Read in 2019 (2,864) Books Read in 2018 (3,614) 2014 (4) 2000s decade (87) To Read List (1) Unshelved Book Clubs (88) Libertarian Books (93) LT picks: Blue Books (189) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. More like 3.5 stars. Some parts of the book are very interesting, though I can't say all of it is. (  ) nonames | Jan 14, 2022 |  Freakonomics is fast, consistently interesting read and best when it digs in and tackles a question at length, as with the issue of the relationship of legal abortion to crime rates or the section on the socioeconomic trends in baby names. The only real overarching theme of the book, however, is Levitt's own cleverness--every chapter is preceded by a fawning blurb about Levitt from the same New York Times magazine piece. Rather than just further refining and cashing in on this Steven Levitt "brand" of the impish public affairs gadfly who throws grenades at small hills of conventional wisdom in easy-reading bestsellers, I'd like to see Levitt take on an important subject and make his case so thoroughly that citizens and policymakers can actually turn his insights into action. ( ) AlexThurman | Dec 26, 2021 | Cuts to the chase on many topics... (  ) Brightman | Dec 15, 2021 | 277 revirier | Dec 13, 2021 | this was an interesting way to look at things, and a new perspective on some of the data (and maybe which data to focus on). but the conclusions they drew often seemed wrong to me or like they made some leaps or went too far. it made for what would be an interesting article or discussion, but was not robust enough to firmly draw some of the conclusions they did. (how can you control for racism, for example?) still, it was interesting. not quite the phenomenon i was half-expecting, but there are some valuable insights in here. (  ) overlycriticalelisa | Dec 12, 2021 |
 Economists can seem a little arrogant at times. They have a set of techniques and habits of thought that they regard as more ''rigorous'' than those of other social scientists. When they are successful -- one thinks of Amartya Sen's important work on the causes of famines, or Gary Becker's theory of marriage and rational behavior -- the result gets called economics. It might appear presumptuous of Steven Levitt to see himself as an all-purpose intellectual detective, fit to take on whatever puzzle of human behavior grabs his fancy. But on the evidence of ''Freakonomics,'' the presumption is earned. The book, unfortunately titled Freakonomics, is broken into six chapters, each posing a different social question. Levitt and Dubner answer them using empirical research and statistical analysis. And unlike academics who usually address these matters, they don't clutter the prose with a lot of caveats. They just show you the goods.  Freakonomics is about unconventional wisdom, using the raw data of economics in imaginative ways to ask clever and diverting questions. Levitt even redefines his definition. If, as he says, economics is essentially about incentives and how people realise them, then economics is a prospecting tool, not a laboratory microscope. Pertany a aquestes sèriesFreakonomics (1) Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsPenguin Celebrations (33) Contingut aTé la seqüela (sense pertànyer a cap sèrie)Ha inspirat
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. The authors 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. In this book, they set out to explore the hidden side of everything. If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work.--From publisher description. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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