Freakonomics

by Levitt, Steven D.

• ISBN13: 9788466625128
• ISBN10: 8466625127
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Ediciones B

Summary

Presenting economics as the underlying connection between seemingly unrelated events or phenomena, this international bestseller establishes a new way of looking at the world. The authors explain the hidden side of everything, from violent crime, parenting, and baby names to the Ku Klux Klan and real estate, demonstrating how economics isn't just about numbers, but a study of incentiveshow people get what they need and want when others need and want the same thing. Comprobando que el estudio de la economia puede explicar como se relacionan fenomenos distintos, este bestseller internacional establece una nueva manera de ver al mundo. Los autores explican el lado escondido de todo, desde crimenes violentos y nombres de bebes hasta el Ku Klux Klan y bienes raices, demostrando que el estudio de la economia es un estudio de los incentivos: el modo en que las personas obtienen lo que desean o necesitan, especialmente cuando otras personas desean o necesitan lo mismo.

Author Biography

Steven D. Levitt is an economist and professor at the University of Chicago. He won the John Bates Clark medal in 2003. Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is the author of Choosing My Religion: A Memoir of a Family Beyond Belief and Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper.