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Автор: Stephen J. Dubner,Steven D. Levitt
Название: Freakonomics
ISBN: 0141030089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141030081
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Modern life can be baffling and chaotic. Is there any way of making sense of it? The answer, explains groundbreaking thinker Steven Levitt, lies in economics. Not ordinary economics, but freakonomics. It is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. In Freakonomics Levitt turns conventional economics on its head, stripping away the jargon and calculations of the experts' to explore the riddles of everyday life and examine topics such as: how chips are more likely to kill you than murder or a terrorist attack; why sportsmen cheat and how fraud can be spotted; why violent crime can be linked not to gun laws, policing or poverty, but to abortion; why a road is more efficient when everyone travels at 20mph; how the name you give your child can give them an advantage in later life; and what really causes obesity epidemics. Ultimately, he shows us that economics is all about how people get what they want, and what makes them do it. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

Автор: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Название: Superfreakonomics
ISBN: 0141048328 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141048321
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Цена: 646.00 р.
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Описание: Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have spent four years uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hurricanes. The result is Superfreakonomics. It reveals, among other things: - Why you are more likely to be killed walking drunk than driving drunk - How a prostitute is more likely to sleep with a policeman than be arrested by one- Why terrorists might be easier to track down than you would imagine- How a sex change could boost your salaryBecause sometimes the most superfreaky solution is the simplest.

Автор: Levitt Steven D., Dubner Stephen J.
Название: Think Like a Freak
ISBN: 006227841X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062278418
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 3029.00 р.
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Описание:

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.

Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally--to think, that is, like a Freak.

Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria.

Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak:

• First, put away your moral compass--because it's hard to see a problem clearly if you've already decided what to do about it.
• Learn to say "I don't know"--for until you can admit what you don't yet know, it's virtually impossible to learn what you need to.
• Think like a child--because you'll come up with better ideas and ask better questions.
• Take a master class in incentives--because for better or worse, incentives rule our world.
• Learn to persuade people who don't want to be persuaded--because being right is rarely enough to carry the day.
• Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting--because you can't solve tomorrow's problem if you aren't willing to abandon today's dud.

Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing--and so much fun to read.

Автор: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Название: Think Like a Freak
ISBN: 1846147891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846147890
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Цена: 1063.00 р.
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Автор: Gordon-Levitt, Joseph
Название: Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, The
ISBN: 0062121669 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062121660
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Описание: Part of the "Tiny Stories" series, this book gathers together 32 illustrated stories.

Автор: Gordon-Levitt Joseph
Название: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 2
ISBN: 0062121634 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062121639
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Описание: The universe isn`t made of atoms; it`s made of tiny stories. This title features a fresh selection of stories small in scope but outsize in impact.

Автор: Levitt,Dubner
Название: Freakonomics
ISBN: 0061131326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061131325
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 1777.00 р.
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