Freakonomics (豆瓣)

作者: Steven D. Levitt / Stephen J. Dubner

副标题: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
ISBN: 9780060731328
页数: 256
定价: USD 25.95
出版社: William Morrow
装帧: Roughcut
出版年: 2005-05-01

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Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime?
　　
　　These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He i... (展开全部) 　　
　　
　　Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime?
　　
　　These 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 stuff and riddles of everyday life-;from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing-;and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. 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.
　　
　　Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. 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 Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.
　　
　　What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, 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. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.
　　
　　Freakonomics establishes 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.

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经济学与侦探术：评《Freakonomics》
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假设一个人被蛇咬了，然后死了，你会得出什么结论？不懂侦探术的普通人就下一个结论，他被蛇咬死了。不过对于犯罪实验室的家伙们来说，需要有证据说明蛇是毒蛇，死者血液里有毒素，才能证明他被蛇咬死了。也就是说，要解剖尸体才知道真相。尸体，就是证据。会遇到多种情况，比如说解剖证明蛇不是毒蛇，因此咬不死人，那么人为什么死了呢？答案...... (1回应)

2007-10-22 8/8有用

从疑问出发
winkstar

人最可悲就是盲信，以及随之而来的盲从。文化大革命为害之烈可谓明证，一人登高呼之，万民景从，这种盲目，造就了悲惨的历史。而怀疑，向来是独行者的特征。从怀疑出发，用事实、数据证实自己的疑问，便是智者的作为。Freakonomic 探讨的不仅仅是经济研究的方法，也给出了做人做事的出路。该书用几个似是而非的问题开局，用......

2005-10-27 3/4有用

传统经济学
Hansen

这本书中文译本的名字是‘魔鬼经济学’。我理解这里的魔鬼大概是说这本书是反传统的经济学。作者也在书中提到自己不是stereotype的经济学家，是anomalous的。我们怎么定义一个经济学家的风格呢？如果说从研究的角度来说，作者Steven Levitt确实是比较少见的。他研究的是其他经济学家很少涉及的问题。......

2006-07-17 3/3有用

I am indeed FREAKED OUT!
HenryGuo(Never be the same.)

I found this book accidently in the recommendation list of friend and was amazed by its novelty from the very beginning. 'If morality represents an ideal wor...... (1回应)

2008-05-02

黑社会也是一样的！
毛羊(香港真没劲)

据说，研究微观经济学的不如研究宏观经济学的有前途。但我挺烦后者的。各种学派理论试图解释社会经济之运作，并貌似圣明提出解决方针。有时似乎有理有用――直到下一个危机出现、下一个泡沫爆掉。宏观经济学很重要，但我觉得它不靠谱，不是我那杯茶。经济学被称为dismal science，大概就要怪它！最近把Freakonom......

2009-03-10

还可以
老番

This book is not an expected book, read it as leisure, it cannot teach you any economics, it is a popular novel only........ (2回应)

2006-09-08 1/2有用

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