The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 2, Gordon-Levitt Joseph

Автор: Levitt, Steven
Название: Freakonomics
ISBN: 0061956279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061956270
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner offer the long-awaited paperback edition of Freakonomics, the runaway bestseller, including six Freakonomics columns from the New York Times Magazine and a Q A with the authors.

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?
What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
How much do parents really matter?

These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask.

But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday lifefrom cheating and crime to parenting and sportsand reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head.

Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentiveshow people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.

Автор: Stephen J. Dubner,Steven D. Levitt
Название: Freakonomics
ISBN: 0141030089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141030081
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Modern life can be baffling and chaotic. Is there any way of making sense of it? The answer, explains groundbreaking thinker Steven Levitt, lies in economics. Not ordinary economics, but freakonomics. It is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. In Freakonomics Levitt turns conventional economics on its head, stripping away the jargon and calculations of the experts' to explore the riddles of everyday life and examine topics such as: how chips are more likely to kill you than murder or a terrorist attack; why sportsmen cheat and how fraud can be spotted; why violent crime can be linked not to gun laws, policing or poverty, but to abortion; why a road is more efficient when everyone travels at 20mph; how the name you give your child can give them an advantage in later life; and what really causes obesity epidemics. Ultimately, he shows us that economics is all about how people get what they want, and what makes them do it. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

Автор: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Название: Superfreakonomics
ISBN: 0141048328 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141048321
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Цена: 4310.00 T
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Описание: Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have spent four years uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hurricanes. The result is Superfreakonomics. It reveals, among other things: - Why you are more likely to be killed walking drunk than driving drunk - How a prostitute is more likely to sleep with a policeman than be arrested by one- Why terrorists might be easier to track down than you would imagine- How a sex change could boost your salaryBecause sometimes the most superfreaky solution is the simplest.

Автор: Gordon-Levitt, Joseph
Название: Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, The
ISBN: 0062121669 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062121660
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Описание: Part of the "Tiny Stories" series, this book gathers together 32 illustrated stories.

Автор: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Название: Think Like a Freak
ISBN: 1846147891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846147890
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Цена: 7090.00 T
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Автор: Levitt Steven D
Название: Superfreakonomics intl
ISBN: 0062063375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062063373
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 6260.00 T
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Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J.

Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomicsthe long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge our view of the way the world really works.

Автор: Levitt Steven D., Dubner Stephen J.
Название: Think Like a Freak
ISBN: 0062218336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062218339
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.

Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally--to think, that is, like a Freak.

Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria.

Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak:

• First, put away your moral compass--because it's hard to see a problem clearly if you've already decided what to do about it.
• Learn to say "I don't know"--for until you can admit what you don't yet know, it's virtually impossible to learn what you need to.
• Think like a child--because you'll come up with better ideas and ask better questions.
• Take a master class in incentives--because for better or worse, incentives rule our world.
• Learn to persuade people who don't want to be persuaded--because being right is rarely enough to carry the day.
• Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting--because you can't solve tomorrow's problem if you aren't willing to abandon today's dud.

Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing--and so much fun to read.

Автор: Levitt, Steven
Название: SuperFreakonomics
ISBN: 0061932922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061932922
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Автор: Dubner, Stephen J.,Levitt, Steven D.
Название: Illustrated Superfreakonomics
ISBN: 1846143039 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846143038
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Автор: Levitt, Steven D.
Название: Freakonomics Rev Ed
ISBN: 0061234001 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061234002
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Описание: Economics has never been hotter---thanks in large part to Steven Levitt, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Levitt’s view of economics is not what you learned in college. He takes a social/pop-culture look at the world and finds the answers to questions like “What is the real reason the country saw a drop in crime in the 1990s?” in economic terms the reader may not even realize are economics. Once you read this book you’ll never see the world the same way again.