TY - BOOK AU - Levitt,Steven D. AU - Dubner,Stephen J. TI - Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything SN - 006073132X AV - HB74.P8 L479 2005 U1 - 330 22 PY - 2005///] CY - New York PB - William Morrow KW - Economics KW - Psychological aspects KW - Sociological aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the hidden side of everything --; 1; What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? --; 2; How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real-estate agents? --; 3; Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? --; 4; Where have all the criminals gone? --; 5; What makes a perfect parent? --; 6; Perfect parenting, Part II; or : would a Roshanda by any other name smell as sweet? --; Epilogue : two paths to Harvard N2 - "Steven D. Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives - how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of...well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan."--BOOK JACKET ER -