Freakonomics Review

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A Book Review on Aastha Vyas 12001 Abhishek C Pandurangi 12002 Achita Khare 12003 Akshatha N Upadhyaya 12004 Aman Srivastav 12005 Anand M A 12006 Aastha Vyas 12001 Abhishek C Pandurangi 12002 Achita Khare 12003 Akshatha N Upadhyaya 12004 Aman Srivastav 12005 Anand M A 12006 FREAKONOMICS FREAKONOMICS Steven D. Levitt Stephen J. Dubner Contents Introduction 2 About the Authors 2 Overview 2 Fundamental Ideas 3 Book Summary and Review 4 Chapter 1: What do school teachers and sumo wrestler have in common? 4 Review 5 Chapter 2: How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents? 5 Review 7 Chapter 3: Why do drug dealers live with their mom? 7 Review 8 Chapter 4: Where have all the criminals gone? 9 Review 10 Chapter 5: What Makes a Perfect Parent 10 Review 11 Chapter 6: Perfect Parenting, Part II; or: Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? 12 Review 13 Conclusion 13 Introduction Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, an economics non-fiction book written by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner. It was first published in the year 2005 by the William Morrow company, and till date has sold over more than 4 Million copies. The book has been described as combining both pop culture and economics. About the Authors Steven David Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is an American economist known for his work in the field of crime, in particular on the link between legalized abortion and crime rates. Winner of the 2004 John Bates Clark Medal, he is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He co-authored the best-selling book Freakonomics (2005) and its sequel
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