出版社: William Morrow
副标题: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
出版年: 2005-5-1
页数: 242
定价: USD 25.95
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780060731328
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Fre...
Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship. Elsewhere, by analyzing data gathered from inner-city Chicago drug-dealing gangs, Levitt outlines a corporate structure much like McDonald's, where the top bosses make great money while scores of underlings make something below minimum wage. And in a section that may alarm or relieve worried parents, Levitt argues that parenting methods don't really matter much and that a backyard swimming pool is much more dangerous than a gun. These enlightening chapters are separated by effusive passages from Dubner's 2003 profile of Levitt in The New York Times Magazine, which led to the book being written. In a book filled with bold logic, such back-patting veers Freakonomics, however briefly, away from what Levitt actually has to say. Although maybe there's a good economic reason for that too, and we're just not getting it yet. --John Moe
Freakonomics的创作者
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作者简介 · · · · · ·
史蒂芬·列维特,1994年在麻省理工大学取得经济学博士学位。1997年进入芝加哥大学执教短短两年时间列维特就成为芝加哥大学经济学院终身教授。2002年列维特被选为美国科学院经济学部委员。列维特还担任《政治经济学杂志》(JPE)的编辑和《经济学季刊》(OJE)的编辑。
史蒂芬·都伯纳,《纽约时报》和《纽约客》长期撰稿人,著有畅销书《骚动的灵魂》和《一个英雄崇拜者的自白》。
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3 有用 zeze 2006-01-25 00:32:54
interesting read. mind opening, yet could be better...I sort of got 80% of the points in the first chapter and then had to read the whole thing just to do it again, with more detailed stories added.
0 有用 KFC miamiamia 2015-11-24 21:04:56
有趣活泼,有理有据,贴近生活,引发思考。一本书具备这样的素质,起星4颗星
2 有用 Lucia 2012-11-23 21:59:42
信息分类杂乱,效率低下,现在想来,听了许久的podcast,记住并能够应用的信息寥寥
0 有用 PooomBooom 2010-10-28 16:21:15
有趣的书。因为翻译的缘故,中文书只能给一星。
0 有用 Jean 2007-09-05 06:14:52
大杂烩
0 有用 Answer Lu 2024-05-01 11:45:46 上海
So easy
0 有用 YettiSoda 2022-12-23 00:36:16 加拿大
打着经济学的幌子实则是大众科普读物,有一些新奇的点子和趣味性,但和经济学几乎不沾边,和“牛奶可乐经济学”一路货,属于嗑瓜子看看的读物。
0 有用 溪湖夜航船 2022-08-06 00:33:15
好多年前一个经济学同学推荐给我的。发黄的环保纸都遮不住有趣的故事。适合脑洞大开的我。
0 有用 Glovesun 2022-07-20 08:34:32
Too many details, but few points.
0 有用 迷信鉴定员小谈 2022-07-12 12:25:01
有些有点意思