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Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.

By: Levitt, Steven D.
Contributor(s): Dubner, Stephen J.
Publisher: London : Penguin, c2006Edition: [Rev. and expanded ed.].Description: xv, 320 p. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 0141030089 (pbk.); 9780141030081 (pbk.).Subject(s): Economics -- Psychological aspects | Economics -- Sociological aspectsDDC classification: 330
Contents:
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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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.