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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Naked and the Dead was published in 1948‚ and the novel earned the author immediate overwhelming popular and critical acclaim. The book’s success was so extensive‚ it claimed the top spot on the The New York Times "Bestseller List" for eleven weeks consecutively. Both the author and the book drew reviews and opinions from critics both independent and from the most relevant magazines and newspapers‚ giving Mailer a strong push into literary relevance at a very young age‚ as seen in the New York Herald
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Lemon We all have great ways to learn and create new ideas. Some like to go for a walk and think about things and others like to be at their comfort of their homes. Once we have an idea‚ we like to draw our ideas and go to the next step. But never do we think about how did we get the idea what brought us to our solution? Steven Johnson has wrote a book Where Good Ideas Come From and has written about different patterns that brings us to new ideas‚ and how Serendipity‚ liquid networking‚ and adjacent
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NEW VENTURE IDEA The Product At home or on the road‚ for sports and leisure activities‚ or as a functional tool for everyday life. With its modern design and well thought-out-details‚ the versatile‚ handy LED pocket lamp LightBeam is a perfect fit with our modern times. The LightBeam is not only a simple pocket lamp‚ thanks to the special strap fixing system there are various application possibilities. For instance mounted on a bike the lamp provides you with bright vision on your journey or
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Dead Metaphor In his most recent play‚ Dead Metaphor‚ George Walker uses strong character development to strengthen his claim that the internal struggles of each character affect society’s balance of good and bad. Dean‚ the main character‚ recently returned from the war‚ where he served as an army sniper‚ in order to start a family; however‚ he is having problems finding a job due to his background with the army. He is soon faced with a difficult decision when three people in his life ask him
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many literary techniques in all of his stories‚ but they do not always stand out. One may have to look deep into the use of his literary techniques to comprehend the story. Hawthorne effectively uses irony‚ conflict and imagery in “The Wives of the Dead” to create the mood of suspense surrounding the fate of the husbands. The story begins with two wives that are sisters learning that each of their husbands have been killed in the “line of duty” within two days of each other. The mood of suspense
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A new idea for Europe The Schuman declaration — 1950–2000 by Pascal Fontaine Second edition Pascal Fontaine‚ Professor at the Institute of Political Studies‚ Paris‚ was born in 1948. A docteur d’État in political sciences‚ he was Jean Monnet’s last assistant and worked with him from 1973 to 1977. He was chef de cabinet of the President of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1987. This text is signed by its author and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission
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Is Radio Dead ? In the century in of modern generation a lot of things have changed dramatically. Technology has improved to such a large extent that it is rendered our lives to become more convineint and comfortable. Mass media such as radio‚ television and internet are also one such invention which has influenced human kind immensely. Nowadays‚ it is observed that radio is becoming less popular when compared to internet and even television. First of all‚ radio industry plays
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A brave‚ tough‚ and a self-confident woman‚ that is who Gail White is. White claims to be a critic of the world around her and she expresses this through her poetry. In her poem “Dead Armadillos‚” she points out the way the society looks at animals and how they give importance to them. Gail White was able to bring attention to the status of animals in the wild by using armadillos as a representation of them‚ and telling how the majority of the society gives little importance to them by using similes
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