![]() ![]() ![]() While both he and Levitt put up a united front in claiming to have no specific focus to their book, the one common underlying theme to the book in general can be summed up in two words – Question Everything. (Pop quiz: What is more deadly – a swimming pool or a handgun?) Dubner is a self proclaimed “rogue economist” an individual who believes that, “since the science of economics is primarily a set of tools, as opposed to a subject matter, then no subject, no matter how offbeat, need be beyond its reach.” ( Freakonomics, page 12)Īrmed with his set of analysis tools and aided by the literary skills of Levitt, Dubner challenges popular belief on topics from crime to parenting. What do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common? Why do Drug Dealers still live with their moms? How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of Real-Estate Agents? It’s these questions and others that Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner explore and answer in their ground breaking book Freakonomics. ![]()
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