Steven D. Levitt

Stephen J. Dubner

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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an econo-mist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing—and whose conclusions turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner 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 Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of . . . well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Klu Klux Klan. What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a great deal of complexity and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and—if the right questions are asked—is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Freakonomics Rev Ed

global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance

Superfreakonomics

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast. When Freakonomics was first published, the authors started a blog—and they’ve kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books. In When to Rob a Bank, they ask a host of typically off-center questions: Why don’t flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would you attack? And why does KFC always run out of fried chicken? Over the past decade, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have published more than 8,000 blog posts on Freakonomics.com. Many of them, they freely admit, were rubbish. But now they’ve gone through and picked the best of the best. You’ll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.) You’ll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner’s own quirks and passions, from gambling and golf to backgammon and the abolition of the penny.

...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants

When to Rob a Bank

il calcolo dell'incalcolabile

Freakonomics

AFONSO CELSO DA CUNHA SERRA

Baseado em pesquisas de Steven Levitt, 'Superfreakonomics' objetiva fazer com que os leitores reflitam sobre o modo de pensar diferentes questões, como - o que é mais perigoso - dirigir ou andar a pé bêbado?; por que os homens-bomba deveriam ter seguro de vida?; por que os indianos não usam camisinha?.

o lado oculto do dia a dia

Berpikir seperti orang aneh adalah berpikir dengan sudut pandang yang lain, atau bisa juga dibilang berpikir layaknya anak-anak yang bebas merdeka, memikirkan kesenangan sendiri, dan tak mengenal rasa takut.Kita kerap kali memikirkan hal-hal yang besar saja dalam menyelesaikan masalah, sementara ada hal kecil yang bisa kita lakukan yang sering kali terlewatkan. Memang hal kecil yang kita lakukan itu tidaklah menyelesaikan keseluruhan masalah, tetapi setidaknya mengurangi keruwetan masalah tersebut. Buku ini menyenangkan sekali, penulis menceritakan kisah-kisah sepele tetapi sangat informatif dan menyenangkan dari berbagai topik, dari pemilihan sudut tendang saat pemain bola hendak melakukan tendangan penalti, bagaimana seseorang bisa makan sekian banyak hot dog dalam sepuluh menit, dokter dari Australia yang menemukan bahwa penyebab mag adalah bakteri, bagaimana cara seseorang mencari dana untuk membantu anak-anak yang berbibir sumbing di negara dunia ketiga, sampai bagaimana sebuah toko sepatu daring bisa menjadi perusahaan favorit padahal menggaji karyawannya dengan bayaran relatif kecil. Semua kisah itu begitu mengesankan sekaligus menginspirasi kita untuk berpikir dengan sudut pandang lain. Buku ini juga mengajarkan manfaat berhenti. Kita dibesarkan dengan pepatah, maju terus pantang mundur. Seakan-akan jika kita memilih mundur atau berhenti hina atau aib sekali. Padahal untuk hal-hal tertentu, bisa jadi memilih mundur atau berhenti adalah pilihan yang lebih baik dan lebih memungkinkan. [Mizan, Noura Books, Referensi, Motivasi, Inspirasi, Terjemahan, Indonesia]

Think Like a Freak

Kiedy warto obrabować bankOraz 131 innych zakręconych pomysłów i napadów pozytywnego bełkotu

John J. Donohue

Donohue and Levitt (2001) present a number of analyses that suggest a causal link between legalized abortion and reductions in crime almost two decades later when the cohorts exposed to legalized abortion reach their peak crime years. Joyce (2003) challenges that finding. In this paper, we demonstrate that Joyce's failure to uncover a negative relationship between abortion and crime is a direct consequence of his decision to focus exclusively on the six-year period 1985-90 without including adequate controls for the crack epidemic. We provide empirical evidence that crack hit the high-abortion early legalizing states harder and earlier. We then demonstrate that using precisely the same treatment and control groups as Joyce, but extending the data analysis to encompass the lifetime criminal experiences (as opposed to an arbitrary six-year window), the evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that legalized abortion reduces crime. We also show that our original results are robust to focusing on only the cohorts born immediately before or after Roe v. Wade. The data suggest that ease of access to abortion, rather than simply de jure legalization, is a critical determinant of the extent of the crime reduction.

A Reply to Joyce

Further Evidence that Legalized Abortion Lowered Crime

Miért húzta le az ausztrál orvos a veszélyes baktériumokkal teli lombikot? Hány életet mentene meg egy vezető nélküli autó? Miért olyan nehéz kimondani, hogy „nem tudom”? Miért hívják fel a figyelmet a nigériai emailes csalók, hogy Nigériából írnak? Steven D. Levitt és Stephen J. Dubner a Lökonómia (Freakonomics) című könyvük után ismét a dolgok mélyére néznek. Azokba a gondolkodási mechanizmusokba vezetnek be, amelyek révén egy kissé termékenyebben, kreatívabban és racionálisabban gondolkodhatunk – vagyis elsajátíthatjuk az agyament gondolkodást. A közgazdász-újságíró páros egy merőben új probléma-megoldási módszert körvonalaz, legyen szó üzletről, jótékonykodásról, sportról, politikáról vagy átfogó, globális reformokról. A lebilincselő történetmesélés és a rendhagyó elemzés rájuk jellemző egyvelegével mindent megvizsgálnak, mindezt annak érdekében, hogy a világ és saját magunk problémáira jobb kérdésekkel és még jobb ötletekkel rukkolhassunk elő.

Agyament gondolkodás

The Past, the Present, and the Future

Field Experiment in Economics

Superfreakonomics—the smash hit follow-up to the remarkable New York Times bestselling phenomenon Freakonomics—is back in a new full-color, fully illustrated and expanded edition. The brainchild of rogue economist Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner that once again brilliantly challenges our view of the way the world really works is presented with a new, visual, superfreaky dimension added, enhancing the already provocative thinking about street prostitutes, hurricanes, heart attacks, and other seemingly mundane matters that made Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics part of the national zeitgeist.

Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

SuperFreakonomics, Illustrated edition

Olivier Blanchard

Macroeconomics/ Freakonomics

Valuepack

Para celebrar el décimo aniversario de la publicación de Freakonomics, el libro que marcó un hito, aparece esta cuidada colección cuyo origen es el blog sobre economía más entretenido del universo. Con un estilo aún más personal e irreverente, Cuándo robar un banco plantea una serie de preguntas poco convencionales, como, por ejemplo: ¿Por qué no reciben propinas las azafatas?; si fueras un terrorista, ¿cómo atacarías? y ¿por qué KFC siempre se queda sin pollo frito? A lo largo de la última década, Steven D. Levitt y Stephen J. Dubner han publicado más de ocho mil entradas en su blog Freakonomics.com. No tienen inconveniente en reconocer que muchas de ellas eran auténticos disparates. Pero las han revisado y escogido las mejores. El lector descubrirá sobre qué miente la gente y por qué; la mejor manera de reducir la mortalidad por disparos de arma de fuego; por qué quizá haya llegado la hora de imponer un impuesto sobre el sexo y... sí: cuándo robar un banco (la respuesta es nunca, ya que el resultado, en relación con la inversión, es desastroso). También descubrirá un montón de cosas acerca de los propios caprichos y pasiones de Levitt y Dubner, que van de los juegos de azar y el golf al backgammon y la abolición de las monedas de un centavo de dólar. Sorprendente y erudito, elocuente e ingenioso, Cuándo robar un banco demuestra la genialidad que convirtió Freakonomics en un éxito internacional, con más de siete millones de ejemplares en cuarenta lenguas y ciento cincuenta millones de descargas del podcast de su Freakonomics Radio. Reseñas: «Un curso intensivo adictivo e irresistible sobre la implementación populista de la economía.» The A. V. Club «Una disparatada colección de análisis económicos que parece contraria al sentidocomún# Regocijante y entretenida.» Kirkus «Genial# el lector se quedará pasmado y boquiabierto.» The Wall Street Journal «Hoy todos somos freakonomistas.» The Washington Post «Una tarde dedicada a leer el libro de Levitt y Dubner convertirá al lector en la persona más interesante de la velada de esa noche.» National Public Radio, EE. UU. «Un libro estupendo, repleto de detalles históricos improbables pero fascinantes que diferencian a los autores de los habituales científicos pop.» The New York Times «Buenas ideas# expresadas con humor y lucidez.» Financial Times

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