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Stephen J. Dubner
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English
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"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? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from...
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English
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Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge our view of the way the world really works.
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English
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A curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. Over the past decade, Levitt and Dubner freely admit that most of their posts were rubbish. But now they've gone through and picked the best of the best. You'll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.)
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Ediciones B
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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"Para celebrar el décimo aniversario de la publicación de Freakonomics, el libro que marcó un hito, aparece esta cuidada colección cuyo origen es el blog sobre economía más entretenido del universo. Con un estilo aun más personal e irreverente, Cuándo robar un banco plantea una serie de preguntas poco convencionales, como, por ejemplo: ¿por qué no reciben propinas las azafatas?; si fueras un terrorista, ¿cómo atacarías? y ¿por qué KFC...