Freakonomics REV Ed

Freakonomics REV Ed

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Beschreibung

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 economist 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 Ku 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.

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Fachbücher
Sub-Genre
Gesellschaft & Sozialwissenschaften
Format
Hardcover
Seitenzahl
336
Preis
31.00 €

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Eigentlich kein schlechtes Buch, ich hatte einfach etwas anderes erwartet. Ich kam über "Factfulness" auf diesen Titel und hoffte, was ich in letzterem gelernt hatte, noch vertiefen zu können. Doch Levitt und Dubner erzählen eher Geschichten, als dass sie einem Handfestes an die Hand geben. Zwar sind die Geschichten oft aufschlussreich und informativ (habe mir auch viele Stellen markiert), dennoch fühle ich mich trotzdem nur ein klein weniger weiter als vor der Lektüre. Z.B. weiss ich jetzt, dass 87% der Leute nicht betrügen, obwohl sie es könnten. Schön. Aber ausser dem Tipp, viele Fragen zu stellen, kann ich davon kaum etwas in meinen Lebensalltag übernehmen. Totes Wissen, sozusagen. Hinzu kommt, dass die Daten und Informationen sehr Amerika-lastig sind. "Factfullness" kann man auf die meisten Lebensbereiche anwenden. Aber vielleicht habe ich auch zu viel verglichen und bin mit der falschen Erwartung an das Buch herangetreten. Wie bereits erwähnt, ein paar neue und brauchbare Informationen habe ich trotz allem aufgeschnappt.

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inspiring - let´s challenge what we think we know - and prove by hard facts

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I enjoyed their podcast and the book just as much. This talks about how economics control things and it's interesting and informative.... gives you a couple of fun and not so fun facts too!

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I read this book once in college, years ago, and I remember thinking it was very accessible. At that point, I was mostly interested in the anecdotes, especially the ones relating to baby names. This time around, I listened to it while driving to Maine (not that it matters where I was, but Maine was awesome, just fyi). I found myself much more interested in the econ itself, and trying to figure out how I could learn enough econ to solve these kind of puzzles. Great writing, fascinating subject matter, and best of all, you don't have to be an economics genius to thoroughly enjoy or learn from it. Edit: Have since learned that the science of this book is questionable, at best. Rescind previous positive review. Feb 2023

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