Steven D. Levitt
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, offering a very different view on what drives the economy.
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 volume Wade have on violent crime? These...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling to show how people respond to incentives.