Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything (Record no. 89645)
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| fixed length control field | 01311nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-071399908X |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Levitt, Steven D. ; Dubner, Stephen J. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005 |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Allen Lane |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii,242.p |
| Other physical details | 23 cm ; Pbk |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask--but Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. The authors show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives--how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In this book, they set out to explore the hidden side of everything. If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Economics--Sociological aspects |
| -- | Economics--Psychological aspects |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| GSB Collection | H.T. Parekh Library | 25/03/2010 | 20 | 4 | 330 LEV | 29234 | 18/11/2023 | 24/10/2023 | 22/06/2019 | Books |