Freakonomics is best described by the title of its introductory chapter “The Hidden Side of Everything”. It puts a spin on conventional wisdom by looking at it through very different and unusual perspectives. This book was written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner and was published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc. A very unusual trait of this book is that‚ unlike most books‚ it honestly has no theme. In fact‚ it is often stated within the book that there is no theme. In the introductory
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How Children Succeed Which matters more‚ cognitive ability or motivation? By Paul Tough|Posted Wednesday‚ Sept. 5‚ 2012‚ at 10:43 AM Some M&M’s for your thoughts? Photograph by Anders Lagerås/Wikimedia Commons. The following article is adapted from Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed: Grit‚ Curiosity‚ and the Hidden Power of Character‚ out now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Angela Duckworth‚ a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania‚ has made it her life’s work to analyze which children
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Bibliography: “Really? Is Baseball Less Popular”‚ The Hardball Times‚ Keith Isley‚ August 18‚ 2006. “Good News Friday”‚ The Paulick Report‚ Bradford Cummings‚ May 22‚ 2009. “N.F.L. vs. M.L.B. as a Labor Market: A Freakonomics Quorum”‚ Freakonomics- the Hidden Side of Everything (New York Times Editorial)‚ Stephen J. Dubner‚ November 28‚ 2007.
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Inequity in America Prejudice is unfortunately a common theme in today’s society‚ especially in America. Certain races and ethnicities are immensely affected by the inequity. America is supposed to be the land of the free where everyone is equal and there are no judgments based on your past or where you live or even who your relatives are. However‚ that is far beyond the truth. In reality‚ your wealth and your opportunities depend on the color of your skin and even your name. America is not the
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How bias is your media? And if at all‚ can you determine to what degree and in what direction of the spectrum? That is the question that economists‚ political analysts and the American public have been trying to answer for years. The two articles that I analyzed are in response to studies‚ and a subsequent book‚ written by Tim Groseclose called Left Turn: How liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind. Both articles review the findings of Groseclose’s book‚ but do so in very different ways. The
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Nationally drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death in children‚ however it’s the number one cause of death in children under five in Florida‚ Arizona‚ and California (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2007). Steve Levitt‚ author of Freakonomics‚ states that a home with an accessible pool is more dangerous for a child than a home with a gun (Levitt & Dubne‚ 2005). The largest proportion of drowning occurs in private swimming pools with the preschooler population rating the highest (CDC‚ 2008)
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Freakonomics Why do Drug Dealers Still Live with their Moms? Kaden Cox POLS 101 Summary In this chapter‚ this question is asked: Why do drug dealers live with their moms? This question is answered throughout the chapter. Next‚ Levitt begins to explain how if your’e looking to make money‚ dealing drugs is one of the best ways to make big money in America. One drug in specific‚ crack‚ makes up much of drug dealing money. Levitt begins to explain a story how back in the 1980s‚ a University of
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*These articles are available online or print. • • • • • • • • “The Ways We Lie“ “Sex‚ Drugs‚ Disasters‚ and the Extinction of Dinosaurs” “Our Vanishing Night” “The Obligation to Endure” David Quammen’s “Was Darwin Wrong?”* Levitt and Dubner’s “Freakonomics: The Hidden Side of Everything”* Pierre Haski’s “Electronic Corpses”* Paul Davies’ “How to Build a Time Machine”* Essentially‚ you need to write a MLA formatted essay with a minimum of three full pages that looks at science and technology as a whole
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FREAKONOMICS A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner CONTENTS AN EXPLANATORY NOTE In which the origins of this book are clarified. INTRODUCTION: The Hidden Side of Everything In which the book’s central idea is set forth: namely‚ if morality represents how people would like the world to work‚ then economics shows how it actually does work. Why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong…How “experts”—from criminologists to real-estate
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GANG LEADER FOR A DAY The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world’s attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang‚ what he learned‚ and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects‚ he was looking
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