Freakonomics is a book with 320 pages.
In 320 pages the two writers have managed to cover many hidden aspects of the economy and the culture of the United States of America (USA).
Through these explorations, the two writers have managed to uncover how economics is functioning among humans.
The contents of the book are as follows,
Revised and Expanded Edition - Freakonomics
(01) An explanatory note
(02) Preface to the revised and expanded edition
(03) Introduction - The hidden side of everything
(04) What do School teachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common?
(05) How is the Ku Klux Klan, like a group of Real-Estate Agents?
(06) Why do Drug Dealers still live with their Moms?
(07) Where have all the criminals gone?
(08) What makes a Perfect Parent?
(09) Perfect Parenting, Part II; or would a Roshanda by any other Name Smell as sweet?
(10) Epilogue: Two paths to Harvard
(11) Bonus material added to the revised and expanded 2006 edition
(11.01) The original New York Times Magazine article about Steven D. Levitt by Stephen J. Dubner, which led to the creation of this book - The probability that a real estate agent is cheating you ( and other riddles of modern life). Inside the curious mind of the heralded young economist Steven Levitt by Stephen J. Dubner - New York Times Magazine, August 3, 2003.
(11.02) "Freakonomics" column from the New York Times Magazine
(11.02.01) Up in smoke - whatever happened to Crack Cocaine?
(11.02.02) Does the truth lie within? : One professor's lifetime of self-experimentation.
(11.02.03) Curbing your Dog: Can technology keep New York City Scooped?
(11.02.04) Why Vote? There's no good economic rationale for going to the polls. So what is it that drives the democratic instinct?
(11.02.05) The economy of desire: Can fear of AIDS change sexual preference.
(11.02.06) Hoodwinked? Does it matter if an activist who exposes the inner workings of the Klu Klux Klan isn't open about how he got those secrets?
(11.02.07) Filing In the tax gap: Why Americans should be clamoring for the I.R.S. to do more audits, not fewer.
(11.03) From the Freakonomics Blog
(11.03.01) Introduction
(11.03.02) On Freakonomics Itself
(11.03.02.01) Unleashing our baby
(11.03.02.02) Does Freakonomics Suck?
(11.03.02.03) A Freakonomics Roundtable
(11.03.02.04) Our California Trip
(11.03.03) Roe V. Wade and Crime, Cont'd
(11.03.03.01) Bill Bennett and Freakonomics
(11.03.03.02) Back to the drawing board of our latest critics
(11.03.04) What do the Kansas City Royals have in common with an iPod?
(11.03.04.01) What do the K.C. Royals and My iPod have in common?
(11.03.04.02) Wikipedia? Feh!
(11.03.04.03) 'Peak Oil': Welcome to the Media's New Version of Shark Attacks.
(11.03.04.04) Is America ready for an Organ-Donor Market?
(11.03.05) Why pay $36.09 for rancid Chicken?
(11.03.05.01) Why pay $36.09 for Rancid Chicken?
(11.03.05.02) Making profits from incivility on the roads.
(11.03.05.03) Vegas rules
(11.03.05.04) I Almost got sent to Guantanamo
(11.03.05.05) Nobel Price Winning Thomas Schelling
(12) Notes
The contents may seem vague but the basic idea Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner tries to emphasize is that quoting from the book below,
"Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work - whereas economics represents how it actually does work. Economics is above all a science of measurement. It comprises an extraordinarily powerful and flexible set of tools that can reliably assess a thicket of information to determine the effect of any one factor or even the whole effect." [Pg. 11]
Very controversial topics like how abortion legalization helped to decrease the crime rates of the United States of America (USA) are discussed with powerful examples are given in the book.
This is a powerful book that emphasizes the dark side of the hidden side.
It is a book that reflects on the unforeseen consequences of capitalism with examples. The writers depict that though these consequences come with a toll on society it is also inevitable due to the reality of how the world works.
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