207 1/16/14 Freakonomics Theme Analysis Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner shows that in life‚ everything has a hidden side. The book also discusses many topics‚ such as: incentives are the cornerstones of modern life‚ the conventional wisdom is frequently wrong‚ dramatic effects often have distant causes‚ “experts” often use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda‚ and knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so
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The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield is a look into the culture of a warrior. He looks back on history and explains how different cultures have a code of honor and ethics when it comes to warfare. He persists that a person does not need to fight for a flag or cause in order to have a code of honor. Ethos is defined as: “The moral character‚ nature‚ disposition and customs of a people or culture.” Pressfield’s book is about all of these things as they pertain to warriors throughout history. He
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After reading the provided statement and considering the points it made I would have to disagree with it on two grounds. Firstly‚ handing control of the local police to the recently freed slaves would put many people in the police force out of work. This would create a situation similar to that of the Iraq war in which we removed all members of the Baathist party from power‚ by doing this we put thousands out of work‚ and essentially created many of the insurgency groups we are dealing with today
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said that “Family is not an important thing‚ it’s everything”. This is evident in the historical fiction novel‚ The Watsons Go To Birmingham‚ 1963‚ by Christopher Paul Curtis when The Watsons go on the drive to Birmingham. The author uses symbolism to convey the message that family is one of the most important things in the world. Curtis uses Grandma Sands to symbolize family by showing how much she cares about the kids a lot and loves them to the end of the earth. When the Watson’s arrived in Birmingham
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“Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” a quote from Steven J. Stowell. Stowell is the author of the book The Coach. This book is about the coaching process and skills. This topic important to me because when I grow up‚ I want to be a dance teacher. Also‚ coaches can be super supportive and helpful about activities you also want to do. Some of the activities could be joining another sport‚ or running for student president. I personally think that
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Steven Stosny is the new popular face. The Guru of anger. He experienced the uncontrolled anger‚ at the age of 3 by his father. He doesn’t work on this stimulus‚ but his life drive him to became psychologist and define the people’s anger. Only few researches exist about anger’s structure‚ because it is not so friendly population to studying. Domestic violence‚ for example‚ is very difficult and sensitive term to approach. Several opinions exist‚ about which emotion borne anger. Researchers provide
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People stress all the time due to problems leading to other problems. Some say that people die from stress. In the article “Stress for Success” by Alison Pearce Stevens‚ states some facts about stress and what can happen if you stress. I agree‚ people can die from stress. As a result of anxiety‚ depression and fear that are only triggered by stress. People can die of anxiety and what the hormones can release which can be bad for the body. In the article “Stress for Success” in paragraph 10 it says
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realize that they take advantage of what they have‚ even if it’s right in front of them. We humans need to focus on the renewable resources and help change our bad habits to save what is left of our planet. In the two srticles “A Good Without Light” by Curtis White and “The Climate at the End of our Fork” by Anna Lappe‚ both talk about how to change our bad habits and help save the sources we have left on this planet. Even changing the little things‚ like the way we eat can help us save our resources.
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Economics is defined as the study of financial trends. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner examines the hidden side of everyday events that Levitt has studied throughout his career. Levitt has found that unconventional ways of collecting data and measuring data are occasionally the correct way to put the world in terms that we can all understand. Levitt‚ with the aid of Dubner‚ can find a correlation between any two things. For example‚ the reason why crime suddenly dropped in
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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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