tailieunhanh - freakonomics

| FREAKONOMICS A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner CONTENTS AN EXPLANATORY NOTE In which the origins of this book are clarified. INTRODUCTION The Hidden Side of Everything In which the book s central idea is set forth namely if morality represents how people would like the world to work then economics shows how it actually does work. Why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong. .How experts from criminologists to real-estate agents to political scientists bend the facts. .Why knowing what to measure and how to measure it is the key to understanding modern life. .What is freakonomics anyway 1. What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common In which we explore the beauty of incentives as well as their dark side cheating. Who cheats Just about everyone. .How cheaters cheat and how to catch them. .Stories from an Israeli day-care center. .The sudden disappearance of seven million American children. .Cheating schoolteachers in Chicago. .Why cheating to lose is worse than cheating to win. .Could sumo wrestling the national sport of Japan be corrupt . .What the Bagel Man saw mankind may be more honest than we think. 2. How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents In which it is argued that nothing is more powerful than information especially when its power is abused. Going undercover in the Ku Klux experts of every kind are in the perfect position to exploit antidote to information abuse the a new car is suddenly worth so much less the moment it leaves the the real-estate agent code what well maintained really means. .Is Trent Lott more racist than the average Weakest Link contestant .What do online daters lie about 3. Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms In which the conventional wisdom is often found to be a web of fabrication self-interest and convenience. Why experts routinely make up statistics the invention of chronic halitosis. .