Levitt, Steven D.

Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. - [Rev. and expanded ed.] - London : Penguin, c2006. - xv, 320 p. ; 18 cm.

Reissued with new material 2006.

An explanatory note. - Preface to the revised and expanded edition. - Introduction: The hidden side of everything. - 1. What do schoolteachers and Sumo wrestlers have in common. - 2. How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents? - 3. Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? - 4. Where have all the criminals gone? - 5. What makes a perfect parent? - 6. Perfect parenting, Part II: or: would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweew? - Epilogue: Two paths to Harvard - Bonus material added to the revised and expanded 2006 edition - Notes - Acknowledgments - Index.

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Economics--Psychological aspects.
Economics--Sociological aspects.

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