Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Levitt, Steven D.2006
Book
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. Assume nothing, question everything.This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon.'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell'A sensation ... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph'Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next' Wall Street Journal'Dazzling ... a delight' Economist'Made me laugh out loud' Scotland on Sunday
Main title:
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2006.
Collation:
xii, 242 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Willam Morrow; London: Allen Lane, 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141019017 (pbk)
Dewey class:
330
LC class:
HB74.P8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
156911