基本信息出版社：Harper Perennial
页码：352 页
出版日期：2009年09月
ISBN：0060731338
International Standard Book Number：0060731338
条形码：9780060731335
EAN：9780060731335
版本：1 Original
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：P.S.

内容简介

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?

What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?

How much do parents really matter?

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—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is 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. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they 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.

作者简介

Steven D. Levitt is a professor or economics at the University of Chicago and the recipient of the John Bates Clark medal, awarded to the most influential economist under the age of forty.

媒体推荐 "Freakonomics was the 'It' book of 2005." (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )

"An unconventional economist defies conventional wisdom." (Associated Press )

"An easy, funny read. Many unsolvable problems the Americans have could be solved with simple means." (Business World )

"Levitt dissects complex real-world phenomena, e.g. baby-naming patterns and Sumo wrestling, with an economist's laser." (San Diego Union-Tribune )

"Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences.... Steven D. Levitt will change some minds." (Amazon.com )

"Levitt is one of the most notorious economists of our age." (Financial Times )

"Steven Levitt has the most interesting mind in America... Prepare to be dazzled." (Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point )

"Freakonomics challenges conventional wisdom and makes for fun reading." (Book Sense Picks and Notables )

"An eye-opening, and most interesting, approach to the world." (Kirkus Reviews )

"Levitt is a number cruncher extraordinaire." (Philadelphia Daily News )

"A showcase for Levitt's intriguing explorations into a number of disparate topics.. There's plenty of fun to be had." (Salon.com )

"Freakonomics is politically incorrect in the best, most essential way.... This is bracing fun of the highest order." (Kurt Andersen, host of public radio's Studio 360 and author of Turn of the Century )

"Provocative. eye-popping." (New York Times Book Review: Inside the List )

"If Indiana Jones were an economist, he'd be Steven Levitt. Criticizing Freakonomics would be like criticizing a hot fudge sundae." (Wall Street Journal )

"The funkiest study of statistical mechanics ever by a world-renowned economist... Eye-opening and sometimes eye-popping" (Entertainment Weekly )

"The guy is interesting!" (Washington Post Book World )

"Principles of economics are used to examine daily life in this fun read." (People: Great Reads )

"The trivia alone is worth the cover price." (New York Times Book Review )

"One of the decade's most intelligent and provocative books." (The Daily Standard )

"Hard to resist." (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )