SuperFreakonomics

From chapter 4 of the book Superfreakonomics, the authors mainly use plenty of stories to suggest effective ways to solve a problem. For these two ways, I prefer to choose the way of analyzing all aspects of a problem to solve a problem. Usually, the true root cause of a problem is difficult to figure out with some simple thoughts. The fact is that analyzing all aspects of a problem is a better way for people to completely discover the cause and consider

The book Superfreakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, is basically just a collection of stories that analyze certain aspects of our society/world, and evaluate why something is what it is or how it can be changed. All solutions/evaluations made by the authors though, are from an economist’s point of view. This is one of the main reasons why I chose this book alongside the fact that some of the stories inside I found to be quite intriguing. Topics discussed in the book ranged from

As much as I hate reading, because that is all I seem to do at work, surprisingly I enjoyed reading Superfreakonomics. The book gives you many scenarios on everyday life situations in which economics is used for example prostitution, cable tv causing more crime, and etc. Levitt and Dubner are brilliant authors, who wrote a book about some of the most controversial topics tying it all into economics. How brilliant is that? Economics is one of those topics that many either love or hate discussing.

I found SuperFreakonomics to be very interesting, enlightening, weird, and fun to read. Especially, that the title of the book threw me off guard, but you should never judge a book by its cover. This book is going on my recommended reading list especially for Economics and Business majors. I would not recommend this book to those with closed mindsets but to those with inquiring minds, who want to learn about some interesting facts and humor, I highly recommend it. If you want to break the ice with

People are altruistic when helping is profitable. In chapter 3: “Unbelievable Stories About Apathy and Altruism” of their book SuperFreakonomics (2009), Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner state that people are not pure altruistic. (125) Furthermore, people are altruistic when there are beneficial incentives for them. On my high school’s Hallowmas back in China, some students possess booths for selling things. One friend who wanted to sell lottery tickets asked me for help because he didn’t have

Freakonomics, in essence, is a book of completely unrelated topics relating to an underlying theme. Topics in the book SuperFreakonomics include prostitution, terrorists, doctors with poor hygiene and altruism in monkeys. The theme is the indication that everyone works for a reward. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner are the authors of this novel. Levitt is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. Dubner is a former writer at the New York Times. Their goal is to explain the fact

I love it when I get to talk about my favorite book--Superfreakonomics. Superfreakonomics has a multi chapter masterpiece on the topic of being environmentally friendly. In a small section they mention food habits. I love the three ideas below because they are all ideas either incredibly simple or completely out of left field. Aside from my second idea, the ideas I posted require no new infrastructure changes or major changes in habit but the ideas are incredibly effective. All of us can try to use

Steven D. Levitt is a young renown economics professor from the University of Chicago. The other author, Stephen J. Dubner, writes books from a variety of topics for children and adults. This essay was published in 2009 and comes from the book SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. Based on the title of this essay I knew it was going to be about global warming. Al Gore is what gave that away. Finally, after skimming through the essay

About The Book. “One of the most powerful laws in the universe is the law of unintended consequences” (Levitt, S. 2009) This is one of the primarily premises that the book establishes, with an extraordinary sense of humor and interesting data, Steven and Stephen set us in the real economics world, in which the common factors that all the teachers show to their students are applied in such a way that the real job is getting done. The way the authors write all the interesting facts of today´s modern

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