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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist explores the hidden side of everything

The economy is often regarded as the study of arid, financial trends and market developments, without interest, but the pioneering work of Steven Levitt in the field shows that the instruments of economic research that can be used to study the relationships underlying events and issues that we face and hear every day. In Freakonomics, Levitt and co-author, journalist Stephen Dubner, offer a study of some of the most interesting research areas Levitt has addressed throughout his career.

In Chapter 1 the economy will be nothing more than studying the incentives and how they did it. Sometimes a certain number of incentives is so compelling that people are forced to reach by the unscrupulous behavior. The authors of a study of several cases of major fraud. In any case, Levitt has the ability to analyze data in order to not only the presence of traps, but some models and incentives that may have served to bind to identify the cheaters ACt unethical. The case gives the most attention are the teachers of public schools in Chicago has changed in the responses of students at standard and high-stakes testing Japanese sumo wrestlers who run certain games at high risk to conspire.

Chapter 2 is devoted to the topic of information and how individuals, organizations and businesses often use to access important information at the expense of others. First, the authors describe how the information is used, the journalist Stetson Kennedy to ensure the achievement of the fall of the Ku Klux Klan. Then offer to search for Levitt on the actions of real estate agents a different perspective to the discussion. Their analysis of the data held by real estate agents that they behave very differently when the houses to be sold. Other examples of applications of asymmetric information are also described. In the course of the novel, used, regularly, the author visited Paris, a nostalgic attitude accent, constant related to prior periods. (Seth contribution Ali)

Chapter 3, Levitt offers a detailed analysis of the economic functioning of a Chicago gang, drugs, break the misconception that all drug dealers are rich. His analysis of the financial records of a group of Chicago has shown that most traders on the street to earn less than minimum wage. He turns the background of socio-economic development of most of the bands for an explanation of the incentives that motivate young people to drug dealers. The influence of gangs is a fundamental role in the economy because it creates jobs and programs to fight constantly against their common problems. (Seth contribution Ali)

In Chapter 4 of the Act, are probably the most contentious, the Levitt Research a strong link between legalized abortion in the United States in 1973 has shown and the sharp fall in violent crime that the nation in the 1990s. It strengthens the credibility of this assertion, showing that the majority of the observations of declining crime are sustainable.

Chapter 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., both in relation to various aspects of education and how parents's condition, options and actions can influence the outcome of the lives of their children. "First, Levitt describes the results of their study on the safety of garden pools, which indicated that children's 100-times more likely to drown in a backyard pool, as it may, during the game with a pistol. Then he summarizes the results A number of studies on parental education, suggesting that the socioeconomic status of parents is a reliable indicator of school performance of children who have other parents' education, most of which is usually read books by the experts as to their Children are recommended. Then he turned to the study of children's names, especially the various economic impacts of the "white" and "black" names. Levitt concludes with an analysis of the patterns that govern the popularity of the names of the children in the United States .

January 19, 2010 at 9:53 PM