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Introduction To Levitt And Dubner's Freakonomics

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I found it very helpful how Levitt and Dubner included an introduction to this book. The title Freakonomics, gave me an idea that it’s going to be about economics, however I wasn’t exactly sure. In the intro, both the authors explain why they are writing this book and how they are going to inform us about the hidden side of everything. The way the authors open this book was really helpful and it gave me any idea of what to expect. Now that I know what this book is going to be about I can’t wait to read about the hidden sides. For many of the readers this is a new experience and along with them, I am also expecting to learn something new. In chapter 1, “What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common” the author identifies the …show more content…

I found it quiet useful how the authors explained what the KKK was before going into what they did. Although I knew who they were, it really helped how the information about the KKK was well organized. While reading, I wasn’t surprised to discover that the acquisition of the information which the KKK only knew, took away much of the power the KKK had once. This showed me that the new comers and some of the existing members were afraid to be exposed to the public. However, what surprised me and what connected to my personal life was the house agent’s situation. As it was stated, house agents do tend to combine their superior knowledge with the buyer’s or the seller’s fear to achieve a deal which is in the agent’s best interest. My family has been looking for house for quite some time now and we did happenstance with such agents in the house market. In this chapter, Levitt and Dubner say that “dating websites are the most successful subscriptions based business on the interest” (pg. 76), and I found it amusing how forty millions Americans exchanged truth about themselves with complete strangers. I personally wouldn’t exchange my information with strangers and it shocks me how some people are able to do that without fearing identity theft. I strongly think one should think about who they are sharing information with before revealing anything about

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