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 life—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and reaches concl...
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 life—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and 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 incentives—how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
用晚上三个小时的时间，看完了现在比较流行的一本书Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everthing (Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner, 2006)的中译本（刘祥亚译，广东经济出版社）。 其实很早自己就有了这本书的英文原版，看了一半，觉得很好玩，所...
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看教育技术的趋势，去看纽约时报的畅销书排行榜最好。果然，今年的Blackboard（含被兼并的WebCT）用户会议上，主旨发言者是《魔鬼经济学》（Freakonomics）作者之一芝加哥大学经济教授Steven D. Levitt。我不是很肯定他的话题和远程教育有何相关，只是其生猛程度，和三闾大学欢...
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0 有用 时间的玫瑰 2014-12-12 12:54:32
人有趣，写出来的文章也有趣。经济学家说，我们这么多问题没结局，很有可能是因为我们没有问到对的问题。我也相信好了，也许，我只是问题，一直没有问对，所以才找不到一个不错的解决办法的。
0 有用 lynnhero 2012-11-15 16:00:54
有点意思~