Freakonomics - Softcover

Levitt, Steven D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060731338 ISBN 13: 9780060731335

Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Levitt Steven D Dubner Stephen J

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Críticas:

"Levitt is a number cruncher extraordinaire."--Philadelphia Daily News

"Levitt dissects complex real-world phenomena, e.g. baby-naming patterns and Sumo wrestling, with an economist's laser."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"An eye-opening, and most interesting, approach to the world."--Kirkus Reviews

"The trivia alone is worth the cover price."--New York Times Book Review

"Freakonomics challenges conventional wisdom and makes for fun reading."--Book Sense Picks and Notables

"One of the decade's most intelligent and provocative books."--The Daily Standard

"Hard to resist."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The funkiest study of statistical mechanics ever by a world-renowned economist... Eye-opening and sometimes eye-popping"--Entertainment Weekly

"The guy is interesting!"--Washington Post Book World

"Principles of economics are used to examine daily life in this fun read."--People: Great Reads

Reseña del editor:

Takes an unconventional look at how the economy really works, from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, offering a very different view on what really matters and what really drives the economy, in an edition than includes a new preface, additional material, and a Q&A with the author and Stephen Dubner. 500,000 first printing. Original.

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• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0060731338
• ISBN 13: 9780060731335
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352