{"product_id":"freakonomics-twentieth-anniversary-edition-a-rogue-economist-explores-the-hidden-side-of-everything-9780063494558","title":"Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a beautiful 20th anniversary edition featuring a new foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing--and whose conclusions turn conventional wisdom on its head. \u003cem\u003eFreakonomics \u003c\/em\u003eis a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives--how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In \u003cem\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/em\u003e, they explore the hidden side of everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a great deal of complexity and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and--if the right questions are asked--is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. \u003cem\u003eFreakonomics \u003c\/em\u003eestablishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 20th anniversary edition of the book includes a gorgeous new cover design and a new foreword by Stephen Dubner, reflecting on the unexpected impact \u003cem\u003eFreakonomics \u003c\/em\u003ehas had on the world over the last two decades, as well as the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e profile Dubner wrote about Levitt that started it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevitt, Steven D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSteven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given to the most influential American economist under forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eand published three non-\u003cem\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/em\u003e books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDubner, Stephen J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eStephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career--as an almost rock star--to become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and published three non-Freakonomics books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705440731410,"sku":"9780063494558","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14ecd7fb-f245-43ac-87dc-a09fe0f7d234.jpg?v=1762347438","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/freakonomics-twentieth-anniversary-edition-a-rogue-economist-explores-the-hidden-side-of-everything-9780063494558","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}