Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Faber & Faber By turns witty and profound

By turns witty and profound

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Faber & Faber By turns witty and profoundThe legendary bestseller that changed how millions view the world offers provocative inquiry into the incentives shaping human behavior. Through surprising questionssuch as which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool, or whether sumo wrestlers cheatthe book reveals how hidden incentives drive decisions in ways that often contradict common wisdom. Led by economist Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago and journalist Stephen J. Dubner,